Most fishing tackle makers from early on didn’t set out to establish a business in lure making, they were trying to solve a need. Be it from a practical standpoint such as not having enough money to go buy what they wanted, or even better the item as they envision didn’t exist. The need to build a better mousetrap has plagued many entrepreneurs and inventors over the centuries. From James Heddon, WD Chapman, Creek Chub, Pflueger, Pepper, South Bend, Shakespeare and more. I could go on for pages and pages about each, and I will for some, so please feel free to dive in to the site, because I dont just cover one maker and I’m posting new stuff all the time.

The NFLCC is a Fishing Tackle organization that reaches worldwide in its promotion of this great hobby. Its focus encompasses all sects, from lures to rods, to reels to oilers to patches, there is literally something for everyone. In your quest for knowledge and hunting down some of the worlds most valuable fishing lures, please dont forgo the first part. Knowledge is key to any hobby and especially hobbies where things can cost real money. From single dollar bills to lures costing as much and more than the cars you drive it would behoove anyone getting into this hobby to join the NFLCC.

People ask me all the time what things are worth. I can impress upon people enough that antique lures are only worth what someone else wants to pay. If you are a beginning collector, please please take this advice. In the beginning buy as many books as you buy lures. NOT for value, but for identification. Let me say that again for the people in the back of the room. Do not buy lure books for finding values, buy them for education and identification. Antique Fishing Lure books are not made equal, and Ill leave it at that.

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The Antique Fishing Lure & Reel Blog contains Snippets and daily excerpts featuring the the people, places, stories and piscatorial things themselves. There is no other webpage at all that deal with Antique Lures, Rods, Reels that has current content or updates. None, Period. Most of the websites you go to that deal with Antique Fishing Lures were made 15-20+ years ago. We literally have over 1000 pages and posts.

Fin & Flame takes these and shares them across many different platforms including social media. From Facebook, to Instagram, from Pintrest to Twitter we try to expose our Angling heritage to as many as who will listen. America’s favorite past time is arguably fishing, in that statement alone we find reason, hope and duty to push forth in collecting and preserving and sharing our fishing heritage.

This website is filled to the hilt with valuable, education and historical information. There are over 1000 pages tucked inside this antique fishing website. There are literally ten thousand of photos for you to use in education, antique lure identification, fishing lure collecting and just for your enjoyment. This information comes in not just words, but pictures, catalogs, sales sheets, order forms, patents, diagrams and much more.

There are daily blog entries on everything from postcards, to line spools, to the companies who distributed fishing tackle, to companies who sold them and even factory tours. There is no larger antique fishing lure & reel website out there that covers more diverse and in depth topics.

Arguably the more complex of the fishing tackle gear, from the rod, to the reel & the lure. The antique fishing reel provides an engineering feet all while with exhibiting grace, dignity and balance. For what better feeling is there to spin the handle of a tuned reel and feel it spin as smooth as silk or glass. Some seem to never end, I’ve spun Meeks, Talbots and Shakespeare Reels that seeming glide with little to no effort even made to turn the handle. From giant deep sea reels by Kovalovsky that are as big as your head to the subset of Side Mount Bird Cage Reels by Billinghurst, Follet, Fowler or the trout reels by Hardy, antique fishing reels not only provide for the collector, but the craftsman the tinker and the fisherman.

Collecting antique reels some would say is not only a hobby but a way of life. The reel collectors group ORCA is about as tight nit as they come. Their passion not only lies in assembling these great reels but with educating its members on how to service and preserve such works of art. You would be hard pressed to find a more knowledgeable group of guys in their hobby that are will to share every bit with you. The ORCA Forum is the place to go if you have questions concerning antique fishing reel, their features functions and use.

If you are the slightest bit interested in antique fishing reels, please consider supporting them and joining ORCA the club. The benefits to not only you but future generations of fisherman and our history can not be understated. You receive access to shows, mailings, a library that will satisfy all your reel knowledge for years to come.