Monday, August 13, 2007

News of the Week, 13 August 2007

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Your weekly digest of fishing tackle and fishing history news begins with an Ominous Warning Fishers aren't biting: Industry concerned a...
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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Editorial: The Ethics of Stopping An E-Auction

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To Stop or Not to Stop: That is the Question A recent auction on eBay discussion on Joe's Chat Board elicted some worth deliberating u...
Thursday, August 9, 2007

Review: Gary Bryans' Frog Lures Web Site

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Frog lures have been a subject on my mind of late, as I have had the pleasure of reading a draft of a really great forthcoming book on the s...
Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Voices from the Past: Theodore Gordon

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One of the most influential and important fly fishermen in history was Theodore Gordon. A legend even in his own day, his reputation was enh...
Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Nashua, NH Show Report by Kim Johnson

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We are lucky to have a show report from the 3rd annual Angler's Attic Show in Nashua, New Hampshire held this past Saturday, 04 August 2...
Monday, August 6, 2007

News of the Week, 06 August 2007

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Some neat articles again profiling fishing history and tackle collecting. The Allure of Lures by Terry Tomalin of the St. Petersburg Times ...
Saturday, August 4, 2007

The Rarest Piece of Piscatoria Ever on eBay?

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Well, you don't see this every day. This Auction showed up on eBay and if all is legitimate, and it appears to be, it could be one of t...
Friday, August 3, 2007

Review: Country Anglin' Magazine

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I recently received a review copy of Country Anglin' magazine, a newspaper style journal dedicated to Ohio fishing published out of Tro...
Thursday, August 2, 2007

When Tragedy Strikes Close to Home

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Like most people, I am impacted by disaster in tangible ways. When Katrina happened, for example, I wept like most for both the loss of life...
Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Voices from the Past: Dixie Carrol

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Dixie Carrol was a prominent outdoor writer circa 1910-1950. For many years his " Rod and Reel " column was syndicated to newspape...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Walter Brunner (1927-2007), European Master in Split Bamboo

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News sometimes arrives slowly, especially from one continent to another. I recently heard that Walter Brunner, the Austrian bamboo fly rod m...
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Monday, July 30, 2007

News of the Week, 30 July 2007

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Lots of items in the news in the past week dealing with the subject of fishing and fishing tackle history. First, as we reported last week, ...
Sunday, July 29, 2007

Changes to the Blog

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I have made some changes to the blog. First, you'll notice on the right side there are now two lists of web sites, one entitled " T...
Friday, July 27, 2007

Celebrating Herbert Hoover, President & Fisherman

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President Herbert Hoover’s love of fishing began in West Branch, Iowa on the the Wapsinonoc Creek. To celebrate Hoover's fishing achieve...