The unloved automatic

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WW
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Re: The unloved automatic

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That's a pretty amazing price for an OC90!

Here's another of the pump style reels. This one has a soft click on the retrieve and a folding pump handle.

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Re: The unloved automatic

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Fly Champ, Champion Sports, Chicago? Lots of interesting things that used to come out of Chicago.

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Re: The unloved automatic

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lloyd3 wrote:Fly Champ, Champion Sports, Chicago? Lots of interesting things that used to come out of Chicago.
And still do. ;) ;)

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Re: The unloved automatic

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Hi Guys, I just got my OC 90, and it seems to work. I'm figgerin' it out, I hope. Heres' a 'Fly Champ.'

https://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopic.php?t=22271

I have one that I have never used.

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Re: The unloved automatic

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I have a nice Shakespeare that works real good. Those automatic reels are an odd duck.
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Re: The unloved automatic

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This old Martin is quite the contraption

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Re: The unloved automatic

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I can't recall where the reel came from but I've had it awhile. It works well. Very well, actually. It's been lawn cast for kicks but otherwise sits in a drawer...

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Re: The unloved automatic

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