Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Fishing Photographer by Doug Bucha

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I just made it back from living on the Gulf in Orange Beech, Alabama for the past two months. I stopped off at the Orange Beech Indian and...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

A Little History of Feurer Brothers Reels

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The following article was sent to me by Finn Featherfurd and I thought it was interesting as it covers a reel manufacturer that very few p...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Voices from the Past: Hiram W. Hawes (1920)

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The following excerpt came from A Modern History of Windham County, Connecticut: A Windham County Treasure Book (Volume 2), which was writ...
Monday, March 18, 2013

The Fishing News of the Week: March 18, 2013

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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 ...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

1000 Words

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Occasionally I get sent photos that are so cool I have to ask to share them. Tom Delong recently emailed me just such a pair of awesome pic...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Letterheadings with Jim Jordan: South Bend (1911)

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I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Jim Jordan. Dr. Todd has asked me to write a fishing tackle letterhead -  ephemera feature fo...
Friday, March 15, 2013

The Friday Funhouse

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Video of the Week A neat video of Al and Ron Linder reminiscing on some fishing history. v 12 Things I Would Buy If Only I Could Affo...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Why The New Pope Has The Most Valuable Piece of Fishing Memorabilia Ever Made

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This photo made the press wires over a half century ago, and when I stumbled across it, I put it aside thinking maybe in a decade it would...

Download the March 2012 Fishing for History Magazine!

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NOTE: If you have trouble downloading this issue, email us at fishingforhistory@yahoo.com and we will have it sent to you via WeTransfer.c...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

BREAKING NEWS: 19,000 Year Old Ice Age Fish Hooks Found

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I try not to do what most blogs do -- making individual posts on articles that other people have written/researched. I save these for the Fi...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Voices from the Past: W.T.J. Lowe (1892)

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The following blurb and ad comes from The Sportsman's Directory and Year Book from 1892, and features one of my favorite firms of the...
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Monday, March 11, 2013

The News of the Week: March 11, 2013

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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 ...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

1000 Words: Hollywood Goes Fishing--Phil Harris (1960)

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This month in Hollywood Goes Fishing we get a nice image of bandleader/radio personality Phil Harris. Born with the fascinating name Wonga P...
Saturday, March 9, 2013

LETTERHEADINGS: 1929 South Bend

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This weekend inaugurate a new feature here on the blog, about a subject near and dear to my house: letterheads! I love fishing tackle epheme...
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