Vintage SHIMANO BANTAM 100 VINTAGE BAITCASTING REEL ULTRA CLEAN eBay

That relationship dissolved in 1978, Childre moved his production to Ryobi, and Shimano introduced the Bantam 100. The Bantam 100 is said to be a classic, enough so that Phil White (2008) wrote a book about their first fifteen years of evolution. I wasn't paying attention at the time (Penn and ABU guy) but finally became interested forty years.. This Classic Shimano Bantam 100 baitcasting reel has been cleaned and serviced and is ready to fish. Reel features include: Original Rose wood handles, right hand retrieve, 1/4 turn pick-up, hi-rev spool, two internal ball bearings , 4.7:1 retrieve ratio, non-selective anti-reverse, thumb lever spool release, star handle drag, adjustable brake.

The reel was the Shimano Bantam 100. It would be released in the fall of 1978 to the masses. Although the reel obviously had several design concepts taken from Lew Childre, it was still an amazing reel. For those of us in the West, who fished a lot of light line on casting gear, we could spool up with 6-pound test and not have to worry about.. Let's look back on Shimano's 100 years from "Products and technologies" This page covers information on Bantam.. For the second Bantam model, Shimano released a rod for boat fishing (1000L) and a large reel (2000L). 1000L was equipped with a level wind system, which was capable of winding the line automatically and neatly. 2000L.