Tag Archives: bait casting

Ball Minnow Trap

Ball Minnow Trap

Ball Minnow Trap The Ball Minnow Trap is really a great piece of angling history. Let me first add by saying yes, this is the same maker as the famous Ball jar line. For those that may not know here is a piece borrowed from the Society of Historical Archaeology Inc. Although its roots go […]

Version 2 Pflueger Vintage Bait Casting Reel

Version 2 Pflueger Vintage Bait Casting Reel

Version 2 Pflueger Vintage Bait Casting Reel This reel is a Rare Very First Model Pflueger Vintage Bait Casting Reel. This Pflueger 80 yard Kentucky style is a classic bait caster. Circa 1906 this version 2 has 3 offset screws and an un-jeweled side plate. The side plates do have the raised scrolling typical of […]

Tight Lines Tuesday Mount Everest

Tight Lines Tuesday Mount Everest

Tight Lines Tuesday Mount Everest Tight Lines Tuesday Mount Everest by John Etchieson – In the early 1920s (1921 – 1924) several expeditions were undertaken by different parties of men to ascend to the top of Mount Everest, the worlds tallest mountain at 29,035 feet above sea level which is located midway between Tibet and […]