Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Voices from the Past: Frank Forrester (1849)

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The striped bass is a legendary fish. One of the earliest descriptions of sport angling for Stripers comes from Frank Forrester's Fish...
Monday, September 16, 2013

The News of the Week: September 16, 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 ...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Letterheadings with Jim Jordan: More Creek Chub

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This weeks feature is another Creek Chub Bait Company envelope. This envelope carries an illustration of an angler in a rowboat fighting a...
Friday, September 13, 2013

The Friday Funhouse

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The Video of the Week In honor of Diana Nyad's record swim, a six pound rainbow trout attempts to break the record for land travel. ...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Hooked on Paper with Michael Koller: Fishing Post Cards

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Deltiology is the official name for postcard collecting. Within each subject, such as fishing, there are many variables or sub-catagories....
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The Strange and Wonderful Gyratory Reel

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The excellent magazine Popular Mechanics always had a keen interest in tackle makers and their inventions, even from its earliest days. Th...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Voices from the Past: The Phanton Minnow for Black Bass (1917)

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We tend to think of the Phantom Minnow, those cloth baits so popular during the Victorian era in Europe, as a strictly British fishing lur...
Monday, September 9, 2013

The News of the Week: September 9, 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 ...
Saturday, September 7, 2013

Letterheadings with Jim Jordan: Creek Chub Bait Company (1945)

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It is surprising how tough most early Creek Chub Bait Company paper is to find. Early letterhead and billheads from the company rarely tur...