Blast from the past

[topgeezer18]

I bought two old reels at a car boot sale the other week one was my first ever reel and the other is the deluxe model . My first ever reel was a an intrepid Black prince and the one i bought is in mint condition as is the intrepid De-Luxe i bought too
I know they arn't very valuable they tend to go for £4 to £10 on ebay but i only paid £4 for the two .
does anyone remember them ????

[oliver reed]

Ahhh the Black Prince....... they don't make em like they used to eh lad....

[MANAGER]

I also had an Intrepid de-luxe reel, bought new in 1963 when I started fishing.

The princely sum of 48 shillings apparently. ( £2.40)
Intrepid Reels - Pictorial History about the Intrepid Fishing Reel

[HAWTHORN]

Yes I remember them, I started with a Monarch, then the Black Prince.

[cypry returns]

that was my first as well

if i remember rightly they were included in some of Frank Woolworths sets, but I might be wrong there

still a good blast from the past.

it seemed for ever till i could get a Mitchel Match

[Stig]

Coarse fishing i started out with a an old fibre glass rod of my dads and an Ambidex half bail arm reel and a centre pin dont know the make of the centre pin + hand painted crow quill floats made by my father now i still have a few of them and they were made during and just after the 2nd world war so are 60 + ish.

Fluff chuckin started out with a Hardy rod ,a Bruce and Walker rod and 2 Ryobi reels all of which i still have . I was a fluff chucker a good few years before i ever coarse fished . So the rods and reels are well old but not as old as the split cane scotty ive got somewhere

[onetoner]

Had 2 black princes many moons ago,one i got with green shield stamps (anyone remember them) and the other i got with cig coupons.

[topgeezer18]

God yes i remember green shields stamps my mum got me my first ever fishing rod with them a 6ft viking spinning rod black with red whipping and an adjustable reel seat .
happy dayz

[BRAVEHEART]

any of you old geezers remember these,my first ever fixed spool,after my grandads hand me down wooden centre pin,COMPLETE WITH GREENHEART TOP ROD!!!

[PJW]

Originally Posted by BRAVEHEART

any of you old geezers remember these?????,my first ever fixed spool,after my grandads hand me down wooden centre pin,COMPLETE WITH GREENHEART TOP ROD!!!

We've joined together and used our collevtive psycic powers and come up with nothing.
Any chance of a name or a piccy toive us clue Ta!

[Oldfellah]

My first 'quality' fixed spool was the Intrepid Elite. I managed to get one on ebay a few years ago and sometimes marry it up with my Chapman 500 cane carp rod for a bit of stalking on my lake. Have had carp to just over 30lb on them but realise now why we all used to backwind..................awful clutch.