Searchable List of Fishing Reel Makers. Please collaborate with ORCA to keep this list updated and complete. Your contributions are welcomed.
| Company Name | City | State | Country | Years Made | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-J Aircraft Co. | Portland | OR | USA | ||
| Abbey & Imbrie | Brooklyn | NY | USA | 1837-1900 | |
| Aerocast Products | Chicago | IL | USA | ||
| Airex | Long Island City | NY | USA | 1947-1949 | Purchased by Lionel |
| Airlight Products | Omaha | NE | USA | 1950’s | |
| Alladin Laboraties, Inc | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Previously Perrine Mfg. Co. | |
| Altmaier | PA | USA | |||
| Alumag | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | ||
| Aluminum & Plastics Prod. Co. | Portland | OR | USA | 1950 | Simplicity Reel |
| American Classic Sales LLC | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | ||
| American Display (Dunks) | Dayton | OH | USA | ||
| American Nickle Steel Co. | IL | USA | |||
| American Reel Company | Rockford | IL | USA | 1904-1908 | |
| Aqua Sportsman | Cincinnati | OH | USA | ||
| Atwood, Leonard | Farmington | ME | USA | Philbrook & Payne | |
| B.C. Milam & Son | Lexington | KY | USA | 1900-1927 | |
| Babcock | Cleveland | OH | USA | ||
| Banister, Bryant | Philadelphia | PA | USA | ||
| Barnhill | NY | USA | |||
| Barnum & Morehouse | NY | USA | |||
| Bartels, Robert H. | Somerset | KY | USA | 1895 | |
| Bate T H | NY | USA | |||
| Bellinger | OR | USA | |||
| Benjamin-Sellar Mfg. Co. | Chicago | IL | USA | ||
| Benson | Kokomo | IN | USA | ||
| Bethel Machine | Birmingham | CT | USA | ||
| Betts & Bodeus | Detroit | MI | USA | ||
| Bickford & Carrier | Greenfield | MA | USA | Cormorant Reel | |
| Billinghurst, William | Rochester | NY | USA | ||
| Bingham | Miami | FL | USA | ||
| Bite-em | Warsaw | IN | USA | ||
| Bivans Mfg. Co. Reel | Los Angeles | CA | USA | 1949 – 1950’s | |
| Blee | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | ||
| Blue Grass Reel Works | Louisville | KY | USA | 1898-1903 | |
| Bob Baird | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | ||
| Boyer | Winona Lake | IN | USA | ||
| Boyle | WA | USA | |||
| Bradford & Anthony | Boston | MA | USA | 1856-1881 | |
| Bronson Reel Co. | FlintBronson | MI | USA | 1922 -1970 | |
| Bronson-Coxe | Bronson | MI | USA | ||
| Bunyon, Paul Bait Co. | Minneapolis | MN | USA | ||
| Butler, Herb Spokane 1970’s | Spokane | WA | USA | 1970’s | |
| C.W. Illingsworth | Ontario | CA | USA | Big Game Reels | |
| Cap Tool Co. | Rochester | NY | USA | 1903-1908 | |
| Carlton Mfg. Co. | Rochester | NY | USA | ||
| Carter, C.S. | Miami | FL | USA | ||
| Celluloid Novelty | Rochester | NY | USA | ||
| Chamberlain Cartridge & Target Co. | Cleveland | OH | USA | Hunter | |
| Chubb, Thomas | Post Mills | VT | USA | 1869-1891 | |
| Clarkson Company | Belmont | CA | USA | ||
| Clerk & Burke | New York | NY | USA | 1863 | |
| Clerk, Andrew & Co. | New York | NY | USA | 1864-1875 | |
| Clerk, Green & Baker | New York | NY | USA | 1859-1860 | |
| Clerk,Burke & Baker | Brooklyn | NY | USA | 1861-1862 | |
| Clinton, Charles | Ithica | NY | USA | 1889-1909 | |
| Coates, A. | Watertown | NY | USA | ||
| Coit Electric Reel | Mendota | CA | USA | 19?? – 1940’s | |
| Colgrove | Vancouver | WA | USA | ||
| Conery, William B. | Frankfort | KY | USA | ||
| Connecticut Reel Company | CT | USA | |||
| Conroy J.C. | New York | NY | USA | 1864-1875 | |
| Conroy J.C. & Co. | New York | NY | USA | 1840-1864 | |
| Conroy, Bissett & Malleson | Brooklyn | NY | USA | ||
| Conroy,John | New York | NY | USA | 1875-1881 | |
| Control | WA | USA | |||
| Coxe, J.A. | Los Angeles | CA | USA | ||
| Cozzone | Newark | NJ | USA | ||
| Crawford Reel | HI | USA | |||
| Creek Chubb | Garrett | IN | USA | ||
| Crook J.B. | New York | NY | USA | ||
| Cussins & Fearn | Youngstown | OH | USA | ||
| Cycloid Micromatic, Chicago | Chicago | IL | USA | ||
| D+T Spider | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | ||
| Dalmo Castey | San Francisco | CA | USA | ||
| Dalton, Thomas | KY | USA | |||
| Dame Stoddard & Co. | Boston | MA | USA | 1901 | |
| Dame Stoddard & Kendall | Boston | MA | USA | 1881-1901 | |
| Danielson | Seattle | WA | USA | 1943 | |
| Deally, James & Co. | Louisville | KY | USA | 1895-1901 | |
| Dearborn | Dearborn | MI | USA | ||
| Deb Mfg. Co | NM | USA | |||
| Dennison Specialty Fly Reels | Portland | OR | USA | ||
| Dennison-Johnson | Mankato | MN | USA | 1946 | |
| Diemoulding Production Co. | NY | USA | |||
| Dolphin Elect. Reel Inc. | Bradenton | FL | USA | ||
| Drieser, J | Elmira | NY | USA | ||
| Dukes | WA | USA | |||
| Duncan Briggs | RI | USA | |||
| Easy Cast | Kendallville | IN | USA | ||
| Edco Cas King | Loveland | CO | USA | ||
| Emery, John | Miami | FL | USA | ||
| Endicott-Wilson Corp. | Detroit | MI | USA | ||
| Enterprise Mfg. Co. | Cleveland | OH | USA | ||
| Enterprise Mfg.Co. | OH | USA | 1900 – 1966 | Pflueger | |
| F.R.&R. Inc. | White Plains | NY | USA | ||
| F.W. Specialties Co., | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | ||
| Falch/Fenner | Chicago | IL | USA | ||
| Fasoldt, Charles | Albany | NY | USA | 1830-1840 | |
| Feurer Brothers | NY | USA | |||
| FIHE Enterprises | Burbank | CA | USA | 1949-1950 | |
| Fin-Nor | Miami | FL | USA | Now Southern Tackle | |
| Flint Reel Co. | Flint | MI | USA | ||
| Follett | Olean | NY | USA | ||
| Foss, Al | Elyria | OH | USA | ||
| Fowler A.H. | NY | USA | |||
| Fraser Reel & Specialty Co. | Fraser | MI | USA | Tak-L-Kast | |
| Fre-Line | Boulder | CO | USA | 1940 – 1967 | |
| Fries | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | ||
| Fullilove, Frank & Co. | Owenton | KY | USA | 1895-1901 | |
| Garey, George W. | CA | USA | |||
| Gayle, Geo. W. & Son | Frankfort | KY | USA | 1884-1946 | |
| George Hancock | North Adams | MA | USA | ||
| Go-ite | Kokomo | IN | USA | ||
| Go-Ite | Birmingham | MI | USA | Moved from Indiana | |
| Golden Gate | CA | USA | |||
| Goldweber, Bernard | NY | USA | |||
| Good-All Mfg. Co. | Ogollala | NE | USA | 1950’s | at least 10 models |
| Graham Reel Co. | IN | USA | |||
| Great Lakes Products | Detroit | MI | USA | Whirlaway | |
| Gulf Reel Co. | TX | USA | The Texan & the Lashmaster | ||
| Halkovach Mfg. Co. | CT | USA | |||
| Hall & Smith | PA | USA | |||
| Hansen (by Canty) | Gunnison | CO | USA | 1992 | |
| Hansen, Clayton | Denver (Aurora) | CO | USA | 1952-1956 | |
| Hansen, Richard | Gunnison | CO | USA | mid 70’s | |
| Harris Reel Co. | Long Island | NY | USA | ||
| Hatch, Anson B. | CT | USA | |||
| Heddon, James Co. | Dowagiac | MI | USA | ||
| Hendrick, Augustus | CT | USA | 1884-1890 | ||
| Hendryx, Andrew B. | New Haven | CT | USA | 1878 -1920 | |
| Hendryx, Andrew B. Co. | New Haven | NY | USA | !895-1967 | |
| Henshall | Post Mills | VT | USA | ||
| Hoesell Reel, Hallen Co. | Brockport | NY | USA | 1861 | |
| Holbrook Mfg. Co. | Boston | MA | USA | ||
| Holireels | OR | USA | |||
| Holmes | New Haven | CT | USA | ||
| Holmes | Bronson | MI | USA | ||
| Holzman, E. | NY | USA | |||
| Horrocks-Ibbotson | Utica | NY | USA | ||
| Horton Mfg. Co. | Alma | MI | USA | Bristol | |
| Horton Mfg. Co. (Bristol) | Bristol | CT | USA | 1916-1951 | |
| Howard & Sievers | Indianapolis | IN | USA | 1896-1920 | |
| Huffman Reel Co. | Dayton | OH | USA | ||
| Humpal Reel Co. | Boulder | CO | USA | 1952 | (model 33&66) |
| Humphreys (Haywood mfg. Co.) | Denver | CO | USA | 1946-1955 | |
| Hunter MFG. Co. | Columbus | OH | USA | ||
| Hurd Mfg. Co. | Alma | MI | USA | ||
| J Rider | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | ||
| Joseph Martina | Hillside | NJ | USA | ||
| Karge & Son | NY | USA | |||
| Keene Valley Engineering | Brooklyn | NY | USA | ||
| Kiest, Knox | IN | USA | |||
| Kilian Tackle Co. | Baldwinsville | NY | USA | ||
| Kipnis Elect. Powered Reel | Jacksonville | FL | USA | ||
| Klein, C.R. | Santa Monica | CA | USA | ||
| Kleinman, A. | NY | USA | 1899-1927 | ||
| Knowles, E.L. | Miami | FL | USA | Tuna Reel | |
| Kopf,John | NY | USA | |||
| Kovalovsky | Hollywood | CA | USA | ||
| L. F. Kiefer & Son | IN | USA | |||
| Lake City Tackle Co. | Geneva | OH | USA | ||
| Langley | San Diego | CA | USA | ||
| Lectro-Matic Sports Inc. | Denver (Aurora) | CO | USA | 1961-1977 | |
| Lee’s | Miami | FL | USA | ||
| Lenz Machine Works | Seattle | WA | USA | 1930’s | |
| Leonard , H. L. | Bangor | ME | USA | ||
| Lewis, Laban | Barrett Township | PA | USA | ||
| Lewis, Rees | New York | NY | USA | 1852-1898 | |
| Liberty Bell | CT | USA | |||
| Liberty Bell | Mankato | MN | USA | ||
| Longfellow Products Inc. | Fraser | MI | USA | ||
| Loomis, Plumb & Co. | Brooklyn | NY | USA | 1883-1898 | |
| Loveland Reel | Loveland | CO | USA | never marketed | |
| Magic | Denver | CO | USA | 1950’s | |
| Malleson, Frederick | Brooklyn | NY | USA | ||
| Manhattan Brass & Mfg. Co. | Rochester | NY | USA | 1891 | |
| Marc Reels | Nevada | MO | USA | ||
| Marr, Walter D. Flint | Flint | MI | USA | ||
| Marster J. F. | New York | NY | USA | 1881-1886 | |
| Martin Reel Co, | Brooklyn | NY | USA | 1908-1923 | |
| Master Kaster | OR | USA | |||
| Maxwell Fly & Tackle Co. | WA | USA | |||
| Medley, Granville | Gracey | KY | USA | 1904 | Medley’s 20th Century Kentucky Reel |
| Meek & MiIam | Frankfort | KY | USA | 1852-1881 | |
| Meek, B.F. | Frankfort | KY | USA | 1883-1889 | |
| Meek, B.F. & Sons | Frankfort | KY | USA | 1889-1916 | |
| Meek, J.F. & B.F. | Frankfort | KY | USA | 1837-1852 | |
| Meek, J.F. & Co. | Frankfort | KY | USA | 1848-1852 | |
| Meisselbach A. F. & Bro | Newark | NJ | USA | 1885-1917 | |
| Meisselbach A. F. Mfg, Co. | Newark | NJ | USA | 1917-1921 | |
| Meisselbach A. F. Mfg. Co. | Akron | OH | USA | 1921 – 1941 | |
| Meisselbach-Catucci | Newark | NJ | USA | 1922-1931 | |
| Mel Stringer Reel Corp | Hollywood | CA | USA | U.S. PAT. 2,054,306, Sept 15, 1936 | |
| Meyer, Lou | Kenosha | WI | USA | ||
| Milam, B.C. | Frankfort | KY | USA | 1881-1896 | |
| Miller | CA | USA | |||
| Mitchell Spinning Reels | Brooklyn | NY | USA | 1871 – 1876 | |
| Montague Reel Co. | Brooklyn | NY | USA | 1899-1927 | |
| Morgan James | NY | USA | 1903 – 1908 | ||
| Mossberg Pressed Steel Corp | Attleboro | MA | USA | ||
| Murbert Mfg. Corp | Hialeah | FL | USA | ||
| National Specialties, Inc. | IN | USA | |||
| Ocean City Mfg. Co. | Philadelphia | PA | USA | ||
| Ohaver & Obannon | Indianapolis | IN | USA | 1882-1887 | |
| Ohio Tool Company | OH | USA | |||
| OK Go America Reel Company | Indianapolis | IN | USA | 1800’s | |
| OK Machine | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | ||
| Oliver Reels | Daytona Beach | FL | USA | ||
| Oneida Fishing Reel Co. | NY | USA | |||
| Orvis | Manchester | VT | USA | 1856 | |
| Pacific Outdoor Products (POPS) | Seattle | WA | USA | ||
| Park | WA | USA | |||
| Penn Reel Co. (Picture Below) | Philadelphia | PA | USA | ||
| Pequea | PA | USA | |||
| Peters Line Drying Reel | IN | USA | |||
| Pettengill Fishing Reel Co. | Rochester | NY | USA | ||
| Pittsfield | MA | USA | 1880-1882 | ||
| Popeil Pocket Fisherman | CA | USA | Now Ronco | ||
| Precisionbilt | Hollydale | CA | USA | ||
| Quaker City Gear Works | PA | USA | |||
| R. P. Mfg. Co., Inc. | Cleveland | OH | USA | ||
| Ralph Kohlhepp | Plainfield | NJ | USA | was Schauffler-later Kimsey | |
| Ranger Inc. | MI | USA | |||
| Rastler | WA | USA | |||
| Ravenna Metal Products | Ravenna | WA | USA | 1930′ s | |
| Recreational Products | Detroit | MI | USA | Airflo | |
| Redifor Reel Co. | Miamisburg | OH | USA | ||
| Reel King by SOMACO | Greer | SC | USA | ||
| Reel Power Elect Reels | Bradenton | FL | USA | ||
| Regan Industries | Ferndale | MI | USA | ||
| Rengo Reel Co. | Kaleva | MI | USA | ||
| Richardson Rod & Reel Co. | Chicago | IL | USA | 1920 | formerly Talbot |
| Rinebolt | Huntington | IN | USA | ||
| Rochester Reel Co. | New York | NY | USA | 1910 – 1920 | |
| Rochester Reel Co. | Rochester | NY | USA | 1884-c1890 | |
| Rogue | OR | USA | |||
| Ronada Tool & Mfg. Co, | Detroit | MI | USA | ||
| Ross Reels | Montrose | CO | USA | 1985 – present | (began in Calif.) |
| Ross-White Mfg. Co | PA | USA | |||
| S. L. Kuntz | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | ||
| Sage, J. L. | Frankfort | KY | USA | 1848-1896 | |
| Sage, John L. | Lexington | KY | USA | 1848-1896 | |
| Sanford | WA | USA | |||
| Saracione | OR | USA | |||
| Sea Lake | CA | USA | |||
| Seamaster | FL | USA | |||
| Seattle Reel Mfg. Co. | Seattle | WA | USA | ||
| Sellers | PA | USA | |||
| Settles & Co. | WA | USA | |||
| Shakespeare Co., William | Kalamazoo | MI | USA | 1897-? | |
| Sheldon Co. | Minneapolis | MN | USA | ||
| Sheridan Reel | Sheridan | WY | USA | ||
| Shipley, A.B. & Son | Philadelphia | PA | USA | ||
| Sierra Angling Equipment Company, Inc. | Reno | NV | USA | 1960’s | Dragonfly reel for spinning or fly fishing |
| Silas Terry | Rochester | NY | USA | ||
| Slote, William | NY | USA | |||
| Snyder George, S. | Paris | KY | USA | 1805-1930 | |
| Snyder Reel | Warren | OH | USA | ||
| Snyder, J. & C. | Paris | KY | USA | 1840-1849 | |
| Solitude Reels (Fly Reels) | Skagit Valley | WA | USA | ||
| South Bend, South Bend | IN | USA | |||
| Southern Tackle | Hialeah | FL | USA | ||
| Specialty Mfg. Co. (Pekin Reel) | Pekin | IL | USA | ||
| Spicker G. F. | Dayton | OH | USA | ||
| Spinn-X (identical to Humpal) | Boulder | CO | USA | trade Reel for Weber Co. | |
| Spiral Wind | New York | NY | USA | 1945 -1947 | |
| Square Stamping Co. | NY | USA | |||
| Star Reel Works | New Haven | CT | USA | ||
| Star Reel Works | Birmingham | CT | USA | 1890-1900 | |
| Stead, A.J. | CA | USA | 1953 | ||
| Sterling Mfg. Co. | CT | USA | |||
| Stevens, George | Miami | FL | USA | ||
| Stewart | IN | USA | |||
| Stober | Spokane | WA | USA | ||
| Stockford, South Bend | IN | USA | |||
| Stuart | CT | USA | |||
| Stubby | Cincinnati | OH | USA | ||
| Talbot Reel & Mfg. Co. | Kansas City | MO | USA | 1892- | William H. Talbot |
| Terry | Waterbury | CT | USA | 1871-1880 | |
| Terry | New York | NY | USA | 1871-1935 | |
| Terry Clock Co. | Pittsfield | MA | USA | ||
| The Dyer Reel | Bandon | OR | USA | ||
| Thompson Reel Co. | Los Angeles | CA | USA | ||
| True Temper | Cleveland | OH | USA | ||
| U.S. Line & Twine | Manhattan | NY | USA | SW reels | |
| U.S. Net & Twine | NY | USA | |||
| U.S. Twine & Net | Rochester | NY | USA | 1908-1923 | |
| Ulrich Manufacturing Co. | Centerville/Fremont | CA | USA | ||
| Union Hardware Co. | Torrington | CT | USA | 1923-1960 | |
| Union Hardware Co. | New York | NY | USA | 1894-1898 | |
| Vern Johnson | Shelly | ID | USA | Snoflake | |
| Virginia Reel Co. | MO | USA | |||
| Vom Hofe, Edward | Rochester | NY | USA | ||
| Vom Hofe, Frederick | Rochester | NY | USA | 1867-1940 | |
| Vom Hofe, Julius | Manhattan | NY | USA | 1867-1882 | |
| W.Bingham Co. | Oak Harbor | OH | USA | ||
| Walker A. L. | New York | NY | USA | 1914- | |
| Warrin J. & T. | NewYork | NY | USA | 1833-1859 | |
| Warrin, John | Manhattan | NY | USA | FW reels | |
| Welch, Jack | Dowagiac | MI | USA | 1950 | |
| Wheeler & McGregor | Milwaukee | WI | USA | ||
| Wilby | Indianapolis | WI | USA | 1940’s | |
| Wilkinson, John Co. | Chicago | IL | USA | ||
| Willoughby | Milwaukee | WI | USA | 1960-1985 | |
| Winchester Repeating Arms Co. | New Haven | CT | USA | 1919-1931 | |
| Winchester Repeating Arms Co. | Brooklyn | NY | USA | 1882-1939 | |
| Wisner | Flint | MI | USA | ||
| Wm. H. Talbot | Nevada | MO | USA | 1895 -1913 | |
| Wright & McGill | Denver | CO | USA | 1940-1990 | |
| Yakima Bait Co. | Yakima | WA | USA | 1950-1970’s | |
| Yale | PA | USA | |||
| Yale Metal Products | Brooklyn | NY | USA | 1949-1955 | |
| Yawman & Erbe | Rochester | NY | USA | ||
| Zebco | Tulsa | OK | USA | ||
| Zwarg Otto | New York | NY | USA | 1843-1859 | |
| Zwarg, Otto | St. Petersburg | FL | USA | ||
| unknown | Farmingdale | NY | USA |