Canadian Reel Makers

Canadian Reel Makers

This list of Canadian reel makers was consolidated by ORCA member Paul Manuel from sources including Ontario lures by Patrick Daradick, Canadian Lures by John Workman (currently offline), The Granville Island Sport Fishing Museum (Museum closed but reel info is still online), the Old Reel Collectors Association website – (Register to access the online site and search through “Reel Talk” for Canadian Reels) along with his own primary research. Additionally, there were some major reel distributors in Canada including Allcock, Laight & Westwood. A selection of Canadian made and marked reel pictures are available here:

  Company Province
1 Allcock, Laight, & Westwood Ontario
2 Arsenault, Alyre New Brunswick
3 Auger, Graham British Columbia
4 Bata Reel Company Ontario
5 Bicycle Sales Co. Manitoba
6 Branson Mfg. Co. Ontario
7 Brenco Ontario
8 Bryson Ontario
9 Canada Needle And Fishing Tackle Co. Ontario
10 Canadian Bait Manufacturing Co. Manitoba
11 Cemm, Thomas British Columbia
12 Clough Ontario
13 Coates Aircraft British Columbia
14 Coulson British Columbia
15 Eckmier Ontario
16 Engineering Products Of Canada Ltd. Quebec
17 Fraser Co. Quebec
18 Gatley, CM British Columbia
19 Gibbs British Columbia
20 Gibson Ontario
21 Great Lakes Ontario
22 Heard & Wilson British Columbia
23 Horrocks-Ibbotson Co. Ltd Ontario
24 Inglis Canada Ontario
25 Islander British Columbia
26 John Milner Reels British Columbia
27 Keates Kaster Company Ontario
28 Lawson Machine Works Quebec
29 LSD Sunshine Reels Ontario
30 Lucky Strike Reel Ontario
31 Lupkoski, N British Columbia
32 M & G Quebec
33 M.E.W. (Miller Engineering Works) Quebec
34 Major Mfg Quebec
35 McDonald, Norm British Columbia
36 Milner, John British Columbia
37 Old Tossy Products ?
38 Peck, Ted British Columbia
39 Peetz British Columbia
40 R&W Kerr Quebec
41 Raymond Brothers Ontario
42 Riverkeeper Customer Float Reels ?
43 RSG Custom Reels ?
44 Rudal ?
45 Sands Ontario
46 Shakespeare/Inglis Ontario
47 Spahr, John ?
48 Stack, Karl British Columbia
49 Sunini, Robert British Columbia
50 Tamco Reel Ontario
51 Taylor, Alan Ontario
52 Tugg & Mason Limited Ontario
53 VPW Co. Ltd (Victoria Precision Works) Quebec
54 W. R. Murphy Mfg Co Ontario
55 W.A. McElroy & Co Ontario

List updated Aug 24, 2020.