Found pictures of my fishing gear that I would like to share with everyone. This first one is a Penn International 12LT that I had upgraded to two speed and custom blue printed (makes it very easy to cast). It was a very nice reel about 15 years ago but you can buy the same kind of reel now for 1/2 the price.
Here's a picture of my collection of bait casting reels. They range from old school Shimano Bantam with rose wood knob to Daiwa Millionaire. They are oldies but goodies.
This is a very special reel. It's a Progear with custom color that used to be the personal reel owned by Ishi, the guy who started Progear. I bough it when Progear just started up around the mid 1990's. He used manufacture reels in a tackle shop next door to his mom's hamburger stand.