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.

But all the reels I have examined about 10 the wheel does not turn and the reel has no drag adjustment. It does have a free spool lever , no tool takapart feature and bait clicker — but no drag. This particular reel has a cracked back plate and was repaired by a talented individual. I always love to discover who was the original owner of a reel and in this case I did. Like many immigrants of this time period this is probably a story very similar to their own. The reel shown below is owned by Bill Edmunds of Clearlake California and has been in his family for about 80 years.

Ocean city reels

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. By the time Ocean City began production of the next and last version of the Plymouth, the only thing that remained the same was the name — the design of the reel changed dramatically, and OC re-added the in famous caliper click drag. But for nearly 20 years, the original design endured. And all of these reels are still entirely fishable and even modestly collectible today.

The 2nd reel shown is how they ocean city reels commonly found after they have been cleaned and all the black paint has been removed. Reel shown is the yd. Reel pictures are courtesy of Rick Heitman and Ray Hodges.

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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. Description Additional information Description 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. 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.

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I believe the letter M stands for marine-aluminum fluted spool. Loading Comments The first ad is from , the second from The reel progression would have gone to this painted green and white medallion in He finally gave up and had a catch mounted and hung next to hers. The Inductor line of reels were super high tech for their time and are neat collectable reels today. Next versions are later reels, the No. Reel shown is a No. It does have a free spool lever , no tool takapart feature and bait clicker — but no drag. Click on pics to enlarge. Depending on what year you have it may have a silver medallion , green painted medallion or just the model number molded in the head plate. Next is a yd.

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It was also available with the more common conventional star drag. These have aluminum side plates, with the two thumb screws on the face plate to take it apart quickly, the No. The ads are from a Ocean City catalog. Pictures are courtesy of Arne Soland.. We show pictures of the No. The pics below of the No. When we aquire the original Ocean City catalogs, we will switch out the descriptions. Below are many pics of the reel in what I would think is the most logical order. Ocean City liked to reuse names and occasionally even reel model numbers, So in a new No. Made For 3 Years: Click on pics to enlarge. Next ads are from a OC catalog. This rare reel belongs to Cathy Kyle. Pictures are courtesy of Wayne Benson.