The Friday Funhouse

The Video of the Week

Wild Trout: A Montana Fish Story is a cool video.



12 Thing I Would Buy If Only I Could Afford Them

This W.D. Chapman lure is incredible.



An E.A. Pflueger frog would make any frog collector smile.



An Ed. vom Hofe 491 is a rare reel.



A C.F. Orvis 2nd model fly reel is pretty damn cool.



Welch & Graves made a cool minnow tube.



Tell me the ABC Minnow set isn't super cool.



Old Hardy Angler's Guides are always good finds.



A Deal Pack of Heddon Tigers is a rare find.



A Bagley Balsa B in a rare color is superb.



The Arbogast Tin Liz is iconic.



The Paw Paw Bullhead was a really difficult lure to make.



A Heddon River Runt in the box if always a good find.



As always, have a great weekend -- and be good to each other, and yourself.

-- Dr. Todd

The Friday Funhouse

The Video of the Week

This is an interesting 1970s/early 1980s video by Jack Hargreaves on the Green Drake fly.



12 Thing I Would Buy If Only I Could Afford Them

This Miller's Reversible is a superb lure, especially in the box.



They don't come rarer than this Chippendale spinning reel.



Loving this Pflueger Globe in the bOx.



This Heddon Strawberry Sport "OO" in the box is beautiful.



This Heddon Tiny Torpedo in pike scale is breaking the bank.



This CCBC Husky Musky has the Pflueger archives tag on it!



LOVE ThesePhillipson Dry Fly Specials.



You won't see many Pflueger Playfair Minnows around.



A green Penn 9MS in a late box is attracting widespread interest.



Nothing prettier than Pflueger Argyle on an Underwater Minnow.



This is a super rare Round Meisselbach Tak-A-Part.



Wow, I love this Julius vom Hofe Fly Reel.



As always, have a great weekend -- and be good to each other, and yourself.

-- Dr. Todd

The Friday Funhouse

The Video of the Week

NOTE: apologies for the lack of the Funhouse last week, was busy graduating my daughter from high school!

I just finished my 10-years in the making book on glass fly rods, so they've been on my mind. I found this interview with Cameron Mortenson of the Fiberglass Manifesto blog and thought it was cool.



12 Thing I Would Buy If Only I Could Afford Them

You don't see too many Frank Knill Spoons on Cards.



Whoah. This ABU 5500CDL in Teak Box is out of this world cool.


Oddball spinning reels have been coming out of the word work of late and none are as tank-like as this Hardy Altex Mk 1.



I absolutely love these original Fred Young Big O's.



You won't see too many CCBC 5-Hook Minnows in the box.



Heddon 150s in boxes are always going to command interest.



Winchester Line Spools always break the bank.



Got to love this Heddon Spindiver in fancy green scale.



Check out this beautiful South Bend Teaser in the box.



I always dig these Tronick Tackle Boxes made in Chetek, Wis.



An Arbogast Kicker in the Box will make your day.



Most underrated company is Keeling and this 3-Hook Special is a beauty.



As always, have a great weekend -- and be good to each other, and yourself.

-- Dr. Todd