antique fishing reels price guide made reels with background information on every manufacturer and every production model made between 1940 and 1980 Collectible Fishing Reels

A Swindle junk-fishes to a high finish...sounds familiar

When you compare this to the single hole that you can find on just about every other baitcasting reel today, you will find that there is far less restriction on the reel line, thus allowing you to cast in a much smoother way into a further distance

The wire bodies on this type of hook contain carbon and while these hooks will rust, the higher the carbon content, the harder the metal alloy becomes

The same "DR" logo now makes it to the butt cap which is now recessed into a cork composite butt When I first saw the Champion series I was a bit taken aback by the grey section above the foregrip, this treatment seemed to cheapen the rod to me and I was used to the more stealthy matte black look of the original series