old gold-ish colored shakespeare spin-cast that looked like a spinning reel with a closed faced and a button on the butt. Bought it for a nickle at a garage sale when I was six so i would have my own reel. Guy throwed in a 4' metal fishing rod. Lost the rig in the Neches river a couple years later. It was replaced by a garage sale zebco 202 or 404, I don't remember which, on a diawa rod for $1. The next year a 20lb catfish destroyed the reel, and snapped the rod, but he tasted good fried up. That's when I bought a brand new zebco 33 (old model with all metal guts) and a brand new rhino rod from a local wal-mart before anybody ever even heard of a super center or super store. Still have that rig. It has caught enough fish to sink a aircraft carrier many times over. I have had dozens of rods and reels over the years since that old 33 was bought new. I still have the old 33 and still use it. Most of those bought since are long since gone, or given away to a good home.
GoodOlBoy