Drifter...nice lookin Shimano 100 "old school". I've got my dad's 100 that he used for a few years until the 250's came out. Then the 100 became mine (still got the box and paperwork also). It's now setting on my curio shelf in my den.

I like your story about casting all the way across the 'nooch...when my old man got his first Bantam 250 shimano (a bootleg one straight from Japan) his first cast was on the Cedar River, and with straight eggs he cast all the way across it...he couldn't believe how smooth it was...especially as compared to the old green 5000D's we used.