Shakespeare 1740 HE Tournament Casting Antique Reel

Antique Reels

The fishing reel, for what can go better with Antique Lures but the Antique Reels. The quintessential peanut butter & jelly so to speak for a vintage fishing tackle collector. A veritable game of what came first the chicken or the egg, the method to catch or the method of retrieval. For as long as man has had a hook he must have had some way to send and receive it no matter how crude or rudimentary the method may have been or the fishing reel may have seemed.

I think we all can agree that neither would be as important without the other. Sometimes collectors form two camps, Old Fishing Lures vs Antique Reels & in my opinion that just wastes time and resources (two things we all seem to be short on) when we could be viewing things from a larger historical perspective. Our mission the same; to make sure the next generation knows how to use either just as fluently as a Iphone. Yes, tall order it might be but I have faith in collectors and believe in the mission of such fine organizations as ORCA, the NFLCC, and FATC.

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Antique Reel Blog Posts

HJ Frost Fishing Tackle Catalog 1928

HJ Frost Fishing Tackle Catalog This HJ Frost Fishing Tackle Catalog is a real gem. H.J Frost was a New York fishing tackle jobber or wholesaler as many refer to it as for the first quarter of the 20th century. [...]

23
Aug

HH Kiffe Fishing Tackle Catalog

Kiffe Fishing Tackle Catalog This HH Kiffe Fishing Tackle Catalog is a great example of a company that has been in the sporting goods business since the late 1800’s. Being able to look into the window or through the door [...]

23
Aug

Heddon Trade Catalog 1927 Antique Lures Reels Rods

Heddon Trade Catalog 1927 In this Heddon Trade Catalog 1927 is a great example of an early Heddon Catalog, At almost 100 years old we get a glimpse into the world of James Heddon of Dowagiac Michigan. 1927 Heddon Trade [...]

21
Aug

Ashaway Boatmen’s Cuttyhunk Fine Braided Fishing Line

Ashaway Boatmen’s Cuttyhunk Fine Braided Fishing Line This is a Classic, Vintage, Original, Boatman’s Cuttyhunk, Fine Braided Fishing Line New on Card. This fine quality wonderful piece is new old stock, and dates back about 80 years. This version of [...]

07
Mar

Fowler Reel Ad Abbey Imbrie 1884

Fowler Reel Ad Abbey Imbrie 1884 This Fowler Reel Ad comes to us from a Abbey Imbrie antique fishing tackle catalog. The antique lure and reel catalog was published in 1884 and provides for us this great ad. Enough cant be [...]

08
Feb

Bronson 2200N Green Hornet

Bronson 2200N Green Hornet The Bronson No.2200 “Green Hornet” antique fishing reel first appeared in the 1950 catalog, to meet the growing demand for lightweight tackle. The spinning craze was taking ahold after WWII. Made of green anodized aluminum, with [...]

04
Feb

Heddon Dowagiac Pal P41 Reel

Heddon Dowagiac Pal P41 Reel The Heddon Dowagiac Pal P41 Reel is almost 70 years old. Its hard to believe when you find examples as clean as this. This antique reel mad by Heddon of Dowagiac Michigan was first introduced [...]

11
Jan

ORCA Old Reel Collectors Association

ORCA Old Reel Collectors Association The ORCA Old Reel Collectors Association is a wonderful group of guys and gals focused on and promoting the History of Sport Fishing Reels. If your not a member, you should be. For the membership [...]

22
Dec

VIM Insured Antique Fishing Line Spool

VIM Insured Antique Fishing Line Spool From the John Etchieson Collection: Starting in the late 1920s the VIM company (est 1896) of Chicago Illinois, doing business as the United States Athletic Company, began selling their VIM brand “insured silk line” [...]

07
Nov

Vintage Mermaid Brand Antique Fishing Line Spool

Vintage Mermaid Brand Antique Fishing Line Spool From the John Etchieson Collection: The MERMAID BRAND braided fishing lines, introduced about 100 years ago, were manufactured by the Newton Line Company of Homer New York (est. 1909) who advertised these high [...]

31
Oct

Good All Universal Fishing Reel

Good All Universal Fishing Reel The history behind the Good All Universal Fishing Reel dates from 1950 to 1955. This Ogallala, Nebraska Company has a motto that was as corny as the corn huskier state itself. “Good -All’s goods are [...]

17
Sep

Heddon No. 45 German Silver Reel Antique Fishing Reel

Heddon No. 45 German Silver Reel Antique Fishing Reel This is a Vintage Heddon No. 45 German Silver Reel Antique Fishing Reel . 1917, designed by Jack Welch and William Carter for Heddon, marked “Made By James Heddon’s Sons Dowagiac [...]

23
Jan

Pflueger Buckeye Bait Casting Reel

Pflueger Buckeye Bait Casting Reel This Pflueger Buckeye Bait Casting Reel is more than 100 year old, dating to the mid teens, 1916 I believe. This antique fishing reel is a great example, and is made of a polished nickle [...]

22
Jan

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 [...]

21
Jan

Heddon Dowagiac P51 Antique Reel

Heddon Dowagiac P51 Antique Reel The Heddon Dowagiac P51 Antique Reel was first introduced in 1952. The beautiful reel expounded on the Heddon Pal line up and was the brother to the P-41. While not nearly as popular this vintage [...]

18
Jan

Shakespeare 1740 HE Tournament Casting 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 [...]

11
Jan

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 [...]

08
Jan

Ultra Casting Lines Lures & Reels

Ultra Casting Lines Lures & Reels Ultra Casting Lines Lures & Reels; The fancy cursive script font of the ULTRA CASTING brand is from the first quarter of the 20th century and is both distinctive and a highly sought after [...]

14
Mar

Heddon Waltonian No31 AB Reel

Heddon Waltonian No31 AB Reel The Heddon Waltonian No31 AB Reel was first introduced around 1927. Made in Dowagiac Michigan by James Heddons Sons, the Heddon NO.31 AB “WALTONIAN” Casting reel was produced. The level wind reel themselves made are [...]

13
Mar

Mr. Shakespeare Goes to Washington

Mr. Shakespeare Goes to Washington Mr. Shakespeare Goes to Washington; When your name is William Shakespeare, you are definitely in for a lot of grief. Certainly this was true for William Shakespeare Jr. of Kalamazoo, Michigan—if he had a nickel [...]

01
Mar

Bronson Comet 2400 Fishing Reel

Bronson Comet 2400 Fishing Reel This Bronson Comet 2400 Fishing Reel is an earlier model of Comet as it exhibits the “Sea Green” handles instead of white. The reel is in very nice and unlikely to be upgraded condition. The [...]

30
Jan

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 [...]

24
Jan

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. [...]

23
Jan

Coxe 94-C Narrow Spool Bait Casting Antique Reel

Coxe 94-C Narrow Spool Bait Casting Antique Reel This is a Vintage Bronson Coxe Model 94-C Narrow Spool Bait Casting Antique Reel. Reel is in used but very nice condition. Introduced in 1949, the No.94-C was the narrow spool version [...]

01
Sep

Early Shakespeare Antique Lure & Reel Rod Catalogs

Early Shakespeare Antique Lure & Reel Rod Catalogs Here is a great little glimpse back in time to the earliest Shakespeare Lure, Rod & Reel catalogs. This not only gives us an idea of the items but what the company [...]

23
Aug

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, [...]

23
Aug

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 [...]

21
Aug

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, [...]

20
Aug

Langley PlugCast 360 Antique Casting Reel

Langley PlugCast 360 Casting Reel This is a Vintage Langley PlugCast Model 360 antique fishing reel. This is the Narrow Spool version of the Deluxe Lakecast. The desirable and tough to find Model 360 Casting Reel is in its original [...]

12
Aug

James Van Uxem Antique Bait Casting Fishing Reel

James Van Uxem Antique Bait Casting Fishing Reel This is a Vintage James Van Uxem Antique Bait Casting Fishing Reel. James L. Van Uxem was a resident of Chicago, Illinois where he had a retail sporting goods shop from about 1870 [...]

07
Aug

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 [...]

31
Jul

Abu Garcia 3000 Antique Fishing Reel

Abu Garcia 3000 Antique Fishing Reel This is a Vintage Garcia Abu 3000 Reeel. This classic made in Sweden Reel is a tougher to find model 3000. This ABU 3000, sold in Europe, was designed with special “plastic” sideplates to [...]

26
Jul

Alonzo H Fowler Forgotten Pioneer of the Bamboo Fly Rod Part II

Alonzo H. Fowler: Forgotten Pioneer of the Bamboo Fly Rod, Part II Alonzo H. Fowler:Forgotten Pioneer of the Bamboo Fly Rod, Part IIBy Dr. Todd E.A. LarsonCopyright 2019, all rights reserved.As tournament casting was the premier way to advertise a [...]

13
Mar

Alonzo H. Fowler Forgotten Pioneer of the Bamboo Fly Rod Part I

Alonzo H. Fowler Forgotten Pioneer of the Bamboo Fly Rod Part I Today and tomorrow, I am happy to share with everyone an article I have been working on in bits and pieces for the past seven years. It deals [...]

12
Mar

Tight Lines Tuesday Fred Arbogast

Tight Lines Tuesday Fred Arbogast Tight Lines Tuesday by John Etchieson – Fred Arbogast made fishing line too – Among the collectors of antique and collectible fishing tackle the name Fred Arbogast is well known. Fred Arbogast was one of [...]

12
Mar

Voices from the Past The History of the Nottingham Wooden Winch

The following article came from the London Fishing Gazette, 07 September 1895. It details the background history of the famed Nottingham Wooden Winch. History of the Nottingham Wooden Winch Anglers throughout the country are by this time familiar with the [...]

11
Mar

Voices from the Past: A Tour of Abbey & Imbrie’s Fly Factory

A Tour of Abbey & Imbrie’s Fly Factory A Tour of Abbey & Imbrie’s Fly Factory; The following description was published in the June 12, 1897 issue of Forest & Stream magazine, and describes as well as anything to date [...]

23
Feb

Friday Fun House February 22nd Edition

Good Reads The American Angler’s Book: Embracing the Natural History of Sporting Fish, and the Art of Taking Them Over one and a half centuries after its original publication, Thaddeus Norris’s The American Angler’s Book remains a classic heavily sought after by [...]

22
Feb

Angling Marketplace March STA Times

March 8-18, 2019 Seller Timed Auction This timed auction catalog will go live and bidding will commence Friday, March 8 at 7:00pm. After 10 days of bidding, on Monday, March 18, if any lot receives a bid during the last [...]

17
Feb

Voices from the Past Fishing for History

Voices from the Past James Grant

Voices from the Past James Grant There is nothing more delightful than coming across a reference to a fishing tackle maker in an unexpected place. In my “other job” as a history professor I try to keep up on recent [...]

16
Feb

Friday Fun House February 15th Edition

Dr. Todds Friday Fun House Video of the week Sites & Social Media www.facebook.com/groups/NAVTC/ If your on Facebok, you need to drop by and say hello to the folks @ National Antique & Vintage Tackle Collectors Cody, Chris, Rick, Clay [...]

15
Feb

52 Trade Houses in 52 Weeks Part 11 Henry C. Lytton’s The Hub of Chicago

52 Trade Houses in 52 Weeks Part 11 Henry C. Lytton’s The Hub of Chicago Trade House Tackle, Part 11:Henry C. Lytton’s “The Hub” and its Fishing Tackle This week we get a fun little history of a venerable Chicago iconic [...]

14
Feb

Friday Fun House February 8th Edition

Dr. Todds Friday Fun House Good Reads ABOUT THE BOOK Back after constant demand, and fully revised and expanded! It’s Don Wheeler’s Frog Lure Collector’s Guide, and it has been expanded by a full 30% (now coming in at a [...]

08
Feb

52 Trade Houses in 52 Weeks Part 10 Van Camp Hardware of Indianapolis

52 Trade Houses in 52 Weeks Part 10 Van Camp Hardware of Indianapolis Trade House Tackle, Part 10:From Blacksmith Tools to Tackle:–Van Camp Hardware of Indianapolis Van Camp hardware is one of the legendary names in the wholesale hardware field. [...]

07
Feb