Fishing for History: The History of Fishing and Fishing Tackle

This blog deals with our outdoor heritage. It concentrates in particular on the history of fishing and fishing tackle, and seeks to provide interesting, informative, and important materials for anyone who wants to help preserve our nation's (and the world's) fishing. ©2007-2018 Dr. Todd Larson.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

52 Trade Houses Part 12: Davidson's Firearms of Greensboro, NC

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Over the course of the next year, we'll be detailing the history of 52 companies that sold branded fishing tackle. 52 trade houses in ...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Voices from the Past: Humorous Bobbers (1949)

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This neat little project comes from the magazine Boy's Life (June 1949) and shows how to make a bobber with a humorous sign. Has anyon...
Monday, June 20, 2011

News of the Week: 20 June 2011

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Don't have time to read 50+ fishing and tackle collecting blogs and web sites? Well, let us do it for you! Follow all of the latest n...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

1000 Words

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This is a classic, grainy 1920s pike picture. Conjures up a lot of memories! -- Dr. Todd
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Deconstructing Old Ads: Anybody out there seen a Blue Nobby? (1935)

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Anybody out there seen a Blue Nobby? When I first came across today's ad years ago, I was both relieved and puzzled. This advertisem...
Friday, June 17, 2011

The Friday Funhouse

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Surreal Video of the Week A French video of fly angling and fish shocking in a river. Surreal doesn't begin to describe it. 12 Thi...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Thursday Review: Jeff Kieny's Vintage Folk Art Fishing Lures & Tackle

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This has been a very good year for fishing books, and it keeps getting better. The book we will look at today (as part of Folk Art Lure mont...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

52 Trade Houses Part 11: Henry C. Lytton's The Hub of Chicago

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Over the course of the next year, we'll be detailing the history of 52 companies that sold branded fishing tackle. 52 trade houses in ...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Voices from the Past: James Buckham (1905)

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This poem was originally published in The Independent and The Weekly Review, and was written in response to the famed actor Joseph Jeffers...
Monday, June 13, 2011

News of the Week: 13 June 2011

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Don't have time to read 50+ fishing and tackle collecting blogs and web sites? Well, let us do it for you! Follow all of the latest n...
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My name is Dr. Todd Larson, and I am a college history professor who writes on the history of fishing in America. I started this blog to help people better understand their outdoor heritage. I am originally from Duluth, Minnesota and live in Southwestern Ohio with my wife, daughter, three fish, two cats, and a dog.
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