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Vintage German Silver Coxe Model 25-3 Reel

Vintage German Silver Coxe Model 25-3 Reel

Vintage German Silver Coxe Model 25-3 Reel This Vintage German Silver Coxe Model 25-3 is a treasure to hold. This antique casting Reel is in the correct marked brown stitched Leather Case. These reels were Never Cataloged making some of the details obscure. Virtually the same as the No.25-2, but with a re-designed free spool […]

Shakespeare 1740 HE Tournament Casting Reel

Shakespeare 1740 HE Tournament Casting Antique Reel

Shakespeare 1740 HE Tournament Casting Reel This is a Shakespeare Model 1740 HE Tournament Casting Reel. This reel is probably one of the nicest smooth spinning reels I’ve had the pleasure of holding and selling. The reel dates to the mid 1920’s, has whats referred to as a narrow free spinning . The end caps […]

Vintage Langley Target Model 340 Bait Casting Antique Reel

Vintage Langley Target Model 340 Bait Casting Antique Reel

Vintage Langley Target Model 340 Bait Casting Antique Reel This is a Vintage Langley Target Model 340 Bait Casting Antique Reel Box Papers & Bag. This narrow spool tournament caster was introduced in 1946 and had a very short production history. The Model 340 Target has two notable mechanical differences, unique to the Langley line […]

Pflueger Pelican 1020 Vintage Spinning Reel

Pflueger Pelican 1020 Vintage Spinning Reel

Pflueger Pelican 1020 Vintage Spinning Reel This pristine Pflueger Pelican 1020 Vintage Spinning Reel beauty can be displayed in the box with the insert. The satin chrome finish to the reel makes it a real nice display reel. Unique to this Pflueger Pelican is that the “foot” or cross plate mount is a separate cast […]

Ocean City Model 350 Antique Fishing Reel

Ocean City Model 350 Antique Fishing Reel

The Ocean City Model 350 Antique Fishing Reel; Fully functional, no rust version of one of Ocean City’s American made spinning reels. These have become a very “tough find” especially with out rust or a broken internal retrieval arm/blade spring. Although quirky looking, it is quite simple in concept and subsequent design and with the […]

Heddon 3-35 Level Wind Antique Bait Casting Reel

Heddon 3-35 Level Wind Antique Bait Casting Reel

Heddon 3-35 Level Wind Antique Bait Casting Reel This auction is for a Heddon 3-35 Level Wind Bait Casting Reel. This Jack Welch made 3-35 was a German Silver Bait caster that had a shelf life of around 4 years, 1922-26. The Patina on this reel is wonderful, as the reel is close to 100 […]

Angling Echoes August 2019 The Reel Issue

ABOUT THIS ISSUE The August issue of Angling Echoes focusses on the fishing reel. I have been fascinated by fishing reels since my childhood days when I would disassemble my father’s Mitchell 308 on the dining room table at our cabin, and then struggle mightily trying to put it back together before he found me […]

Langley Deluxe Lakecast Model 370 Antique Reel

Langley Deluxe Lakecast Model 370 Antique Reel

Langley Deluxe Lakecast Model 370 Antique Reel This is a Vintage Langley Deluxe Lakecast Model 370 in Green Label Box with Papers . The Deluxe Lakecast 370 was touted as the standard size casting reel in the medium price field, and sold for $10.50 originally. It has a chrome housing assembly and black anodized end […]

Vintage Marquette MAR-100 Precision Built Antique Bait Casting Reel

Vintage Marquette MAR-100 Precision Built Antique Bait Casting Reel This is a Vintage Marquette MAR-100 Precision Built Antique Bait Casting Reel. PRECISIONBILT, a reel maker in Hollydale, CA they made 5 different reels, some having the see-thru-plastic side plates in the 1950s, The Mosquito and the Silver Moth were both fly reels, the Marquette Mod. […]

52 Trade Houses Part 16 HC Reed Milwaukee

Trade House Tackle, Part 16:Henry C. Reed Co. of MilwaukeeToday’s 52 for 52 entry is an interesting old sporting goods house from the Cream City. I’ve written a lot about Milwaukee’s tackle trade, but I’ve yet to broach the subject of H.C. Reed Co. Today, we’ll talk a bit about this mysterious tackle vendor. Henry […]

Shakespeare Beetzsel Antique Fishing Reel

Shakespeare Beetzsel Antique Fishing Reel

Shakespeare Beetzsel Antique Fishing Reel This unique and very scarce Bait-Caster fishing reel. This is a very Scarce Shakespeare Beetzsel, Jeweled Antique Bait Casting Reel. This was originally made by the Redifor Rod & Reel Company from Redifor, Ohio. This is to whom the patents were assigned to. The reel is marked Model 26 & […]

Abu Record 1500 Antique Reel

Abu Record 1500 Antique Reel

Abu Record 1500 Antique Reel This Abu Record 1500 Antique Reel is one of the early reels produced by the reel mogul from Sweden.  This Vintage Abu Record Model 1500 Bait Casting Reel even comes in its correct Box with Paper Insert. The reel touts that it has features never seen before for reels in […]

Coxe Model 95 C Antique Reel

Coxe Model 95 C Antique Reel

Coxe Model 95 C Antique Reel The Coxe Model 95 C Antique Reel all-aluminum economy was introduced in the 1948 catalog and would sell through 1955 or 1956. These level-winding models came equipped with ant-backlash switch, lightweight aluminum spool with a snap-on plastic arbor and dual plastic grips. The earliest examples from 1948-1950 had the […]

Ocean City Sylph Salt Water Reel

Ocean City Sylph Salt Water Reel

Ocean City Sylph Salt Water Reel The Ocean City Sylph Salt Water Reel is exceedingly reel. I know at first thought if your a collector your thinking Ocean City made tons of Salt Water reels, and they did. There are a few though such as the Sylph that are seriously hard to fin, I promise, […]

Heddon Pal P-41N Narrow Spool Reel

Heddon Pal P-41N Narrow Spool Reel

Heddon Pal P-41N Narrow Spool Reel The Heddon Pal P-41N Narrow Spool Reel dates back to the early 1950’s. This antique Reel has Ruby Red Jewels on its matte black scribed Face plates. The reel features “New” Demount-able Head Rings for easy cleaning and oiling. The head rings feature a grip-able scrolling for decoration as […]

D is for Dingley The Master Reelmaker

D is for Dingley The Master Reelmaker

D is for Dingley The Master Reelmaker [wp_ad_camp_1] From Patrick Garner and Brian Taylor comes the definitive work on the life and career of W.H. Dingley. William Henry Dingley was arguably the most skilled English reelmaker of the 20th century. An inventor and consummate craftsman, Dingley’s genius dominated more than 50 years of tackle history, […]

The Reels of Julius Vom Hofe 1882 – 1939

The Reels of Julius Vom Hofe

The Reels of Julius Vom Hofe Book Details 8.5″ x 11″ Softcover * Black-and-White & Color Images * 404 Pages To purchase this Book visit our sister site Whitefish Press; The Reels of Julius Vom Hofe ABOUT THE BOOK Julius vom Hofe has always been overshadowed by his younger brother Edward vom Hofe. Yet he produced […]

Friday Funhouse January 12 2018

Friday Funhouse January 12 2018

Friday Funhouse January 12 2018 In this Friday Funhouse January 12 2018; NOTE: Guess what? I’M BACK BABY! Yes, I’ve got time to restart the Friday Funhouse and the blog again. It’s been some time but I’m happy to be back in the swing of things. I’m partnering with my man Matt Lollman over at […]

ORCA November 2017 REEL NEWS

ORCA November 2017 REEL NEWS

ORCA November 2017 REEL NEWS The ORCA November 2017 REEL NEWS  has been published and has something for everyone! This edition’s front cover features an amazing Bradley reel bearing a historic inscription. The Reel News has a fascinating story to go with, entitled “Never say Never”. ORCA President David Lehmann recognizes the extraordinary efforts of […]

Pflueger SkillKast 1953 Reel

Pflueger SkillKast 1953 Reel

Pflueger SkillKast 1953 Reel The Pflueger SkillKast 1953 Reel is a reel that seems to have transcended the years. Made in Akron, Ohio this reel would last over three decades in the Pflueger Reel line up. Introduced as new in 1941 the lure would be produced until into the 1970’s. A good reel if your […]

Winchester Reel Model 4250

Winchester Reel Bait Casting 4250

Winchester Reel Model 4250 In the 1920s and into the 1930s the Winchester Repeating Arms company dabbled in fishing goods selling Winchester reel and well as rods, lures and flies. As of today is still one of the most prominent names that comes to mind when one thinks longevity in the sporting good vein. Diving […]

J.A Coxe Reel Oil Bottle

J.A Coxe Reel Oil

J.A Coxe Reel Oil Bottle This great J.A Coxe Reel Oil bottle shows us that yes there are other things we can collect besides just the lures, reel and rods themselves. This hard to find oil bottle is part of a segment of collecting, Reel Oil Bottles, Rod Varnish Bottles, even Fly Dope or Mosquito […]