Ocean city reels

But all the reels I have examined about 10 the wheel does not turn and the reel has no drag adjustment.

Ocean City Manufacturing Company, founded in , was one of the leading fishing tackle companies in the United States for several decades up through At some point afterward, Ocean City began manufacturing a new reel based on the design of the Viscoy Creek, but with a silent drag instead of the ubiquitous caliper check. This reel was called the Viscoy, and to my knowledge was available only in the yard, 3. Like the Viscoy Creek, the Viscoy featured a chromium line guide, but it added a marbled ebonite handle and replaced the center spindle screw of its predecessors with an engraved center badge a purely aesthetic change, as the reel now featured a spool-release button on the reel frame. Some of the earlier Viscoys were sold in older Viscoy Creek boxes, but the two reels can be distinguished by the aforementioned drag and OC badge. Mint, boxed reels pop up every now and then on the popular online auction site, and rougher examples can be found nearly every week. Fast-forward several years later and Ocean City introduces a new iteration into its fly reel lineup.

Ocean city reels

The model No. This reel was sold from about into the late s. It is a YD reel and was made to fish with 20 mono line. I believe the letter M stands for marine-aluminum fluted spool. The No. The example shown below is courtesy of Tom Richards and it is excellent in the box with instructions. Thanks Tom for the great pics. The extreme pressure from the new mono lines stretching would warp and split the older spools so better spools were needed. They were also very handsome reels with the blue side plates. This is a that belongs to Anthony DeVito that he inherited from his grandfather. The first ad is from , the second from We are coming along very well so far with this site, yet we still are missing pictures of many reels. Here is a very early OC yd.

Thank you Bill for sharing. Pictures are courtesy of Wayne Benson. In you could order the Inductor No.

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Purveyors of economically priced and durable reels, the company was also innovative and was the training ground for Otto Henze, the founder of Penn Reels. In this definitive study of Ocean City reels, noted reel historian Mike Cacioppo has outlined the growth and development of the entire Ocean City line of reels, from the first saltwater model in until the sale of the company to True Temper in This study covers saltwater reels, Big Game reels, baitcasters, fly reels, and open and closed face spinning reels. In addition to a chronological history, there is a detailed year by year summary of all catalogued Ocean City reels. From the most humble utility reel to the Big Game Balboa, this books is the final word on Ocean City and their fascinating and largely forgotten line of fishing reels. The Ocean City Manufacturing Company was one of the largest and most successful fishing reel makers in the middle half of the twentieth century.

Ocean city reels

The model No. This reel was sold from about into the late s. It is a YD reel and was made to fish with 20 mono line. I believe the letter M stands for marine-aluminum fluted spool. The No. The example shown below is courtesy of Tom Richards and it is excellent in the box with instructions. Thanks Tom for the great pics.

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Next is the No. But for nearly 20 years, the original design endured. Actually many model numbers were named the St Lucie over 2 different decades of reel manufacturing. Max made an expert repair on the reel as seen in the pics below. Actually she says she has 2 more of these reels that she and her husband still use today. This is a that belongs to Anthony DeVito that he inherited from his grandfather. Both have the newer Tenite bakelite torpedo shaped crank knobs and the crank nut wrench attached to the crank handle. It came out in and was only sold for a few years. Like many immigrants of this time period this is probably a story very similar to their own. You may read the description for more information.

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And all of these reels are still entirely fishable and even modestly collectible today. Our goal here on this page is to try to acquire as many OC named reels with their original ads and descriptions. These chromium plated over German silver, easy to take-a-part reels. Montgomery Wards catalog. Pictures are courtesy of Daryl Rodenberger. On the early prewar named reels and a few of the postwar reels we will be staying in alphabetical order on them. Both are the easy to take a part reels, just like a squidder, to be able to switch spools out with different size lines fast. Model W. We need help here from you, please let us know if you see an error, have a reel that is not shown here, or if you have more info. Reel shown is a No.