Show us your Alvey's. Aussie to the bones & proud of it!

[Green Hornet]

2 hours ago, kingie chaser said:

 

 

Anyway back to the Alvey's.

Have my eye on a vintage Luderick reel, might start adding to what started out as dad's collection 😁

Tell us more!!! I'd love to see the reel you're talking about and possibly a story behind it.

 

Edited December 7, 2019 by Green Hornet

[Berleyguts]

I don’t have many Alveys but value the ones I do! I think my models are a 650C5, a 500A5(?), and a Blackfish reel. I also have what looks like an old Alvey copy. It’s embossed with “Queensland Fishing Tackle, Brisbane, Australia”. I must check my Mum’s garage for any of my grandfather’s gear, although it was probably thrown out years ago.

[Berleyguts]

[wazatherfisherman]

5 minutes ago, Berleyguts said:

Cool reel Baz! Never seen one before- thanks for posting it

[Green Hornet]

Not an Alvey but took some photos of an old Steelite sidecast this morning to show someone and thought I'd add here.

[rickmarlin62]

Not many of them floatin about   seen over a dozen steelite centrepins at markets this morning  quite common

[wazatherfisherman]

 A near mint 550 A3 Cedar with the Rosewood stain, reel is in great condition but box has seen better days

[wazatherfisherman]

An early model Alvey brass and bakelite spool

[wazatherfisherman]

Some of the regular used Alvey's from left to right bottom row- 650A5 (obscured) 600A5 Fibreglass then Bakelite, 50A5E Luderick, 600A5 Bakelite, 600A5 again in shelf in front of Alvey picture then 651E5 live bait reel- E5 Drag has handles on the spool,Non-using collectables- green one is a 600A5 "VB" edition then a "Bundy Rum" model, then 600A5 lightweight, Top row 700A5 next not an Alvey, then Cedar 450, Cedar Rosewood stain 550 then 450 Silky Oak

[Green Hornet]

Nice Waza. Some lovely reels there.

[wazatherfisherman]

This is the reel Green Hornet is after spool is considerably narrower than most Alvey's

[wazatherfisherman]

Another Alvey 650A5 Bakelite spool -the most common size used on the beach

[wazatherfisherman]

Alvey 650 C3 Cedar spool with "Rosewood" stain- non-reversing star drag model

[Green Hornet]

I have one of these 650 C3's in mint condition. They're a lovely reel.

Recently saw a 650 E series with a rosewood spool for sale, hesitated and missed it.

[kingie chaser]

Missed out on this near mint 455 C12 7 Blackfish-Luderick reel last night because I fell asleep as the auction was ending & went for just $50.50

Gutted 😩 

[Green Hornet]

3 hours ago, kingie chaser said:

Missed out on this near mint 455 C12 7 Blackfish-Luderick reel last night because I fell asleep as the auction was ending & went for just $50.50

Gutted 😩 

I saw that advertised.

I've never seen an Alvey blackfish reel with a drag system before.

 

[Berleyguts]

This Alvey boat winch just came up on a local FB page.

 

[kingie chaser]

That's unusual!

[zmk1962]

Alvey 600 C5 mounted on Silstar Power Tip PT-1202BWH ... my go-to beach outfit. 

Alvey Yabby Pump 30" length indestructible

...and up until recently an Alvey ReefKing 18" pure power ... (sold to a good home)

Cheers Zoran 

Edited December 24, 2019 by zmk1962

[Hill373737]

Finally got round to taking a photos of my Alvey's.

First up, a couple of new reels - they'd be around 20 years old, a 650BC and a 600BC

Next, a 650 C5 and 651 C5 - great reels but but very heavy after a long session on the beach

Next, 2 timber reels that belonged to my dad, a 650 A3 and 600 C3

My favourite, a rosewood stain 650 A3 which nowadays I use the most out of the reels, perfect for the beach and nice balance mounted on a MT5144 rod with 10lb line

5" Club Trophy Special - this one is definitely in the retired category, I've got great memories  using it as a kid on Fraser Island circa 1970 on a cane rod with the reel held on by hose clamps.

cheers

steve

 

 

[Green Hornet]

Some real gems there Steve.

[SquidMarks]

finally got around to taking a photo of all my reels (in 3 different locations).

2 x 6500bcvrr (one for jew, one for tailor and salmon)

1 x 700c5 kingfisher (silent anti reverse) - second jew rod

1 x 50 a5e (blackfish/bream and whiting).

1 x 700c5 surf champion (noisy anti reverse) was given to me, not in use

1 x 650a5 rock fishing

1 x 650grbc - spooled for tailor 

1 x 500b - just sitting there, waiting for my son to be old enough to start using alvey reels 😉

[SquidMarks]

 

600a - bream and whiting

650c5 - drone fishing (spooled with 300m of 20lb line)

Also included the powerrod as its on of the few rods that i didnt build myself for my alveys but still gets used regularly (i cant kill this thing, i think if the guides eventually end up going i will give it a full resto). 

 

 

[Green Hornet]

I thought I'd post a couple of recent additions to the collection.

The 6 inch reel needs the spool refinished, but the metal is like new and got a bargain on the tackle box that I couldn't refuse.

Also have something pretty special on the way that I'll post later.

[kingie chaser]

The tool kit is cool.

The reel looks recently lacquered & a bit heavy as well.

Could be the angle of the pic?