Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Fishing Photographer by Doug Bucha: Fall Colors of Michigan

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FALL COLORS OF MICHIGAN It’s fall in Michigan and the colors are fantastic. The time is right to have your camera handy. I was luck...

Awful News: Robert Ellis Has Passed

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John Elder reports that fishing tackle historian, Fishing for History magazine columnist, and all-around good guy Robert Ellis has passed a...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013


FRAUD ALERT: Fake Redifor Reels by J.K. Garrett & L.P. Brooks

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FRAUD ALERT: Fake Redifor Reels By J.K. Garrett & L.P. Brooks Observation : Recently a REDIFOR reel was offered for sale.  The uppe...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Voices from the Past: Charles Leonard's Weedless Trolling Spoon

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The following article appeared in the July 1917 Popular Science Monthly . It features a new device invented in Wisconsin for keeping spinne...
Monday, October 14, 2013

The News of the Week: October 14, 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, October 12, 2013

Letterheadings with Jim Jordan: Sticker Baits (1933)

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I love finding paper from old obscure lure makers. This envelope is one of my favorites. It features the name F.J. Pfeifle, the name ...
Friday, October 11, 2013

The Friday Funhouse

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The Video of the Week Joe Cermele posted this to the Field & Stream fishing blog and I was blown away … musky fishing from a car! ...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Thursday Review: Crossroads Angling Auction Catalog Fall 2013

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The mail brought a pleasant surprise yesterday -- the auction catalog for Crossroads Angling Auctions for their Oct. 27, 2013 auction. It...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Hooked on Paper with Michael Koller: Real Picture Post Cards

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My favorite type of postcard is the Real Photo category. Some of these photos remind me of fishing trips taken by me either in the past or...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Voices from the Past: Abbey & Imbrie's Catalog (1918)

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The following blurb appeared in the Business Digest for January 1918, and deals with a question that I've wondered about for some time...
Monday, October 7, 2013

The News of the Week: October 7, 2013

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The Big Lead : Jobs at risk at Hardy & Grey's. An automatic fishing rod comes out of Kansas. Pike are active in fall wea...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Letterheadings with Jim Jordan: Angler's Bait & Mftg. Co. (1914)

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This weeks feature is an illustrated 1914 Angler's Bait & Mfg. Company envelope. It shows jars of some of the companies bait offer...
Friday, October 4, 2013

The Friday Funhouse (Late Edition)

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12 Things I Would Buy If Only I Could Afford Them This Otto Zwarg 1/0 salmon reel is awesome. Lovin' this Chippew Skipper . T...