[Colinmav]

My first ever rod and reel set came from Woolworth's.

A black 5' fiberglass rod with red whippings. With a fixed spool reel.

The reel packed up, the rod lasted for years . I used to use for trout fishing in small burns.

I still had the reel when I was 21. Moved away from for work, came home and my room been cleared out of all my old things. The rod was gone.

 

[The Third Earl]

My first "decent " sea rod and reel were a combination of a Milbro Cutlass, and an Intrepid Seastreak, neither of which I miss in the slightest .

My First "decent"freshwater rod was a Milbro Prefect and a Mitchell 300 reel.I still have them both some fifty three years on.

My first ever rod at all was a Tank Ariel that I purchased from an army surplus store in Haworth, home of the Brontes, I made a handle at school in the woodwork class, and built it up myself. I think some cheapish boys reel from Woolies was its companion.

Dave

 

[STAN M]

An old, rusty cheap metal centre pin type reel and a tank ariel. Made snake type guides out of copper wire for the rod, nicked what I could in thread from the old man, sorted. caught lots and lots of roach and perch on it. Think I was around 8 -10.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[gert]

Hi,

This put me back in the early '70s .... first rod and reel were a cheap set of a short fiberglass boat rod and a small "galion" reel, present from an uncle who was the only relative i knew that was an angler. Rod served me well for a few years, fishing from the local pier, at our holiday house in Normandy. Reel didn't last long and was replaced by a Mitchell 300, which i still own. After that it was followed by a pezon&michel 3.3m fiberglass rod and a mitchell 396pum reel .... served me for years untill i upgraded in my late teen's

Gert

 

[redneck dek]

My first ever rod and reel set came from Woolworth's.

A black 5' fiberglass rod with red whippings. With a fixed spool reel.

The reel packed up, the rod lasted for years . I used to use for trout fishing in small burns.

I still had the reel when I was 21. Moved away from for work, came home and my room been cleared out of all my old things. The rod was gone.[/QUOTE
Good old winfield stuff I remember the same one.The bailarm on the reel was a bent wire no roller!
Used mine for years lol

 

[redneck dek]

My first "decent " sea rod and reel were a combination of a Milbro Cutlass, and an Intrepid Seastreak, neither of which I miss in the slightest .

My First "decent"freshwater rod was a Milbro Prefect and a Mitchell 300 reel.I still have them both some fifty three years on.

My first ever rod at all was a Tank Ariel that I purchased from an army surplus store in Haworth, home of the Brontes, I made a handle at school in the woodwork class, and built it up myself. I think some cheapish boys reel from Woolies was its companion.

Dave

Still got a milbro cutlass and still use it.
It’s like a bush handle but not bad on the rocks.

 

[Malks]

White solid glass rod that was quite stiff with a wooden handle which had a small red centre pin screwed to it and had 10-20 yards of cotton or similar line.

 

[Tow-rag]

First shop- bought rod was a white fibre-glass with red whippings, coupled with an Milbro-Daiwa fixed spool reel. The handle broke off when I tripped over a guyrope on my parents caravan awning. It was replaced with an Intrepid Black Prince fixed spool that Dad got me with Green Shield stamps!

 

[Mr Fish]

First shop- bought rod was a white fibre-glass with red whippings, coupled with an Milbro-Daiwa fixed spool reel. The handle broke off when I tripped over a guyrope on my parents caravan awning. It was replaced with an Intrepid Black Prince fixed spool that Dad got me with Green Shield stamps!

You, trip over?

Never would have believed it

:BigGrin::BigGrin::BigGrin:

 

[Terry699]

I brought a telescopic rod and reel combo from amazon. Then brought a miami jack combo from my local angerling shop.

 

[Kaiih Henson]

My first ever rod was for course fishing it was made out of a old tank aerial + olg mitchel fixed spool reel don't remember the name.
Still ude old mitchel 300a +allcock match aerial centre pin for chub on the river
And a mitchel 300s for stalking carp in the summer.

 

[Tow-rag]

You, trip over?

Never would have believed it

:BigGrin::BigGrin::BigGrin:

Yeah, wasn't looking where I was going. My family and I were on a weekend break somewhere called Horsley Lake. My Dad blamed it on my ridiculously high platform boots. Broke my sunglasses too. They were probably the reason that I couldn't see in the first place!

 

[Mr Fish]

Yeah, wasn't looking where I was going. My family and I were on a weekend break somewhere called Horsley Lake. My Dad blamed it on my ridiculously high platform boots. Broke my sunglasses too. They were probably the reason that I couldn't see in the first place!

Ah, footwear related again eh?

:BigGrin::BigGrin::BigGrin:

 

[Tow-rag]

Ah, footwear related again eh?

:BigGrin::BigGrin::BigGrin:

Yeah,
Bloody cursed or what...

 

[robs5230]

My old man bought me a load of tackle from an old boy who'd packed up.
The rod was an Edgar Sealey split cane and the reel was an Intrepid Elite.

The first reel I remember buying was a Mitchell 204 by saving spending money and doing jobs and running errands.
The first rod I bought was a glass number from the local tackle shop. I worked the whole of the six weeks school holiday for the tackle shop in the summer of 1979 and the rod was the payment.
I was taught to whip eyes on rods and served maggots.
I 'll always remember getting pulled aside after dishing up a pint of maggots for a bloke. The owner told me to be quicker when scooping up the maggots or they'd settle in the pint pot and I'd need to put more in

 

[Norm B]

My first ever rod and reel set came from Woolworth's.

A black 5' fiberglass rod with red whippings. With a fixed spool reel.

The reel packed up, the rod lasted for years . I used to use for trout fishing in small burns.

I still had the reel when I was 21. Moved away from for work, came home and my room been cleared out of all my old things. The rod was gone.

When we moved to NZ, I was 8, my dad built me a rod from bamboo which grew in the garden with eyes made from the bottom of safety pins with the bamboo pushed into a hole drilled into a broom handle with jubilee clips to hold the reel on. The reel was a centre pin reel I'd won in the SSAC boat competition for children before we left England. Line was green fishing line (string). Traces were made of catgut. I had lots of fish on this but lost a lot of big ones. I think I bought my first "proper rod and reel with my paper round money when I was 15, a 10ft solid glass RYDS rod and a Black Prince reel loaded with 10lb nylon. Still got the reel, rod got stolen years ago.

 

[Tow-rag]

When we moved to NZ, I was 8, my dad built me a rod from bamboo which grew in the garden with eyes made from the bottom of safety pins with the bamboo pushed into a hole drilled into a broom handle with jubilee clips to hold the reel on. The reel was a centre pin reel I'd won in the SSAC boat competition for children before we left England. Line was green fishing line (string). Traces were made of catgut. I had lots of fish on this but lost a lot of big ones. I think I bought my first "proper rod and reel with my paper round money when I was 15, a 10ft solid glass RYDS rod and a Black Prince reel loaded with 10lb nylon. Still got the reel, rod got stolen years ago.

Not only a home made rod, but home grown too!

 

[NIrishDane]

My first rod was a bit more advanced than you old timers :tongue2: but probably not much better lol it was a shakespeare mustang 7ft spinning rod and a shakespeare cosmos reel (pish), upgraded the reel to a steadfast dominator and that setup did me for a few years till I snapped the rod snagged on a tree. Still have the reel, over 20 years old now.

 

[ebo]

My first setup was an 8ft milbro fibreglass pier/boat rod, still got, and an intrepid black prince fs reel, xmas presents off parents 1970.

 

[Tow-rag]

Those Black Prince reels sure got around didn't they? All the kids had one back in the 70s. I wish I hadn't junked my old fibre-glass rod, it was only recently. Totally knackered, and battered, having been strapped to the crossbar of my pushbike many times. A piece of childhood history. We were packing to move house, chucking away allsorts. I was a bit too ruthless.