The Friday Funhouse

The Video of the Week

It's so cold out fish are being flash frozen in mid-swim.



12 Things I Would Buy If Only I Could Afford Them

This Payne Model 95 fly rod is pretty cool.



Wow. This EVH Long Key is about as nice as they get.



This Oscar Peterson Brook Trout ice decoy is incredible.



The Thoren Minnow Chaser in the box is really great.



A South Bend 5-Hook Minnow in the box is a great find!



This 1919 South Bend Midget Minnow #901SF is a really rare lure.



This Abbey & Imbrie metal sign is awesome!



This Flood FLorida Shiner in the box is nearly mint.



A Fireplug CCBC #1500 Injured Minnow in the box? Yes please.



This Ambassadeur 6500 is going to make the ABU guys happy.



This is one Snake I am not afraid of.



Can't beat this Montague 4-Screw Gus Habich reel.



As always, have a great weekend -- and be good to each other and yourself.

-- Dr. Todd

The Fishing Themed Advertisement: Paul Jones Whiskey (1954)

This episode of the Fishing Themed Advertisement is posted in honor of Jim Schottenham, doyen of all-things sidemount. It's a 1954 Paul Jones blended whiskey ad featuring a sidemount birdcage reel. It's the only ad I recall seeing that has such a reel in it, and it certainly looks like a Billinghurst Follett. Whomever did the ad certainly had access to some awesome tackle, as I'm sure Jim would agree!



-- Dr. Todd

Ben Wright's Spinning Reel Report: January 2014

NEW YEAR STARTS WITH RECORD COLD,SNOW AND HIGH WINDS !!!!

With more great reels on the Bay, but check out some of the high prices paid !!!

Featured reels:
Abu Cardinal 33 second version nib  @ 388.55
Abu Garcia  Abu-matic 152CF nib w/rough box @628.76 wow
Early 1930's Alvey sidecaster wood spool/bakelite back plate exc 20 offers high was 1,028.99 was declined !!
Merit by Stalder e+wb @ 515.00

Abu:
444A version? nib @ 249.92
Cardinals
   44X brown ewb @ 300.00
   54 nib @ 123.29
   152 light wear @ 72.05

Airex:
Vic black e+wb @ 126.00
Vic green exc- @ 56.00

Canada:
La Salle by Tampco ewb @ 133.53

Daiwa:
mini-spin w/rod in case exc @ 43.00
Dam Qiuck
 Finessa 280 nib @ only 35.00
 microlite 265 ewb @ 78.96
 550 nib @ 143.46 wow
 550N ewb @ 177.57 holy cow

English:
Allock Duplex ewb @ 204.41
early Mallock 31/4"? light wear @ only 46.00

French:
Centaure pacific exc @ 51.00
     "           "      slight wear @ 61.00
     "            "  5 some wear @ 162.50
     "            "  "   exc @ 202.59 why ?
Freino Pexor exc- @ 96.50
Mepps baby vamp second version exc @ 144.50

Italian:
Alcedo-
 Atlantic slight wear @ 200.00
 Jupitor exc @ 272.07
 Micron curved leg ewb @ 145.50
Nettuno AP exc- @ 99.99

Japan:
Arnold Palmer exc @ 10.49
neat Johnny Walker 715 SCF nib @ 41.00

Mitchell:
300DL nib @ 798.24
302 exc w/two piece black box @ 64.00
306 Balzer (Germany) exc @ 77.11
408 e+wb @ 175.00
5540RD exc @ 70.00

Ocean City:
350 yellow ewb @ 34.00
  "      "      exc+ @ 118.99 holy cow

Penn:
706 nib @ 209.72
710 green ewb @ 52.00
716Z nib @ 172.50

Zebco Cardinal:
3 second version ewb @ 178.45

A few other reels:
Dragon Fly nib @ only 21.01
Flo-Line by Lou Meyer e+wb @ 148.88
Langley R810 paint removed @ 52.01
     "      850 deluxe ewb @ 76.00
Ted William 930 by Shakespeare  nib @ 34.00
spin-champ CF ewb @ 63.00
Swiss Record Recordette 21 aqua nib @ 122.50
Wardens jet caster exc @ 108.50

sure hope it gets abit warmer outside !!!
Ben

News of the Week: January 27, 2014

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THE MONDAY 10: The Ten Fishing Stories of the Week You Need to Know

The Big Lead: Famous Scotiish tackle shop Gows closes after 150 years.



Lead-free tackle is back on the menu in Minnesota.



Montana tackle company is a big hit.



Tom Bedell (Pure FIshing) puts his 14.9 million dollar home up for sale.

Mel Dickie has been teaching rod making for 35 years.



A new fly fishing film was released.



Fly fishing on mars.

Sister Carol Ann Corley teaches fly tying to young students.



The Patriots didn't make the Super Bowl, but you can still go to Super Boo.

Finishing with a Flourish: Bassmaster Classic to have $20 million impact on Birmingham.

-- Dr. Todd

1000 Words

This week in Hollywood Goes Fishing we feature Robert Mitchum -- rakish Hollywood icon -- from the 1957 film Fire Down Below, which co-starred Rita Hayworth and Jack Lemmon. It's a story about two men who smuggle goods and who sometimes fish, as pictured below. It's a good movie.



-- Dr. Todd

Another Day, Another Blizzard … Part II

The Friday Funhouse

The Video of the Week

A Tigerfish eats a swallow in mid-flight.



12 Things I Would Buy If Only I Could Afford Them

This is a nice Abu Matic 505.



Man, this 1900 National Sportsman is RARE.



This Heddon line spool is very rare.



This is a nice CCBC Sucker in the box.



A Snook Bait Co. Surf King is pretty sweet.



This is a nice Pflueger 5-hook minnow.



A Musky 2-Hook Arbogast Jitterbug is amazing.



An intro CCBC Wiggler Box is incredible.



This Julius Vom Hofe reel is the best.



You don't see many Saf-T-Lures.



A Rublex dealer case is pretty cool.



Penn Sea Gates are very rare early reels.



As always, have a great weekend -- and be good to each other, and yourself!

-- Dr. Todd

The Fishing Themed Advertisement: Johnson Motors (1955)

This is a nice outdoor painting from an outboard engine icon -- Johnson motors. They were prolific advertisers and I would guess half their ads featured fishing of some kind (many, it must be admitted, featured that enemy of fishermen everywhere--the water skier).

-- Dr. Todd

The Fishing Photographer with Doug Bucha (January 2014)

Visiting the South Bend area!!




I just wanted to let collectors know what the South Bend area has to offer in the way of museums as they relate to fishing.

The photograph shows a display of fishing related items that can be found at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend. The museum features many fine Studebaker automobiles and is one of the finest auto museums in the country. It is fantastic!!

In addition, The Center for History is located just next door. It houses all the records from the South Bend Bait and Tackle Company going back to its beginnings. These are available for private viewing for research purposes.

There are three museums just across the state line in Michigan which will be of great interest to the collector. The city of Niles offers the Fort St. Joseph Museum that has a small collection of local fishing items, including the Harris Frog.

The city of Dowagiac not only has the Heddon Museum but it also has a museum downtown. This little known museum features one of the finest displays of Heddon items that can be found anywhere.

Please do not forget to visit the University of Notre Dame. It has over one million visitors every year and is the largest tourist attraction in all of Indiana. You will not be disappointed.

Have a great 2014.

Doug Bucha

Another Day, Another Blizzard ...

Fifth snow day in six weeks for the kids ... not including Christmas Vacation and MLK.

Second snow event in five days (first one forced me to miss the Milwaukee show).

Getting pretty tired of this.

-- Dr. Todd

The News of the Week

NEWS OF THE WEEK




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THE MONDAY 10: The Ten Fishing Stories of the Week You Need to Know

The Big Lead: SAD NEWS: Angler dies while trying to retrieve an ice chest that was taken out to sea.

Tackle tycoon Tom Bedell is listing his 25,000 square foot home for $14.9 million.

Minnesota's bait and tackle shops are declining, but the stories remain.



Lake of the Woods Museum celebrates its 50th.

Thieves use fishing rod to steal keys.

A fly-fisher's guide to business development?

The EPA releases the final Bristol Bay watershed assessment.

Cool ice fishing toys that work.

Captain Bubba Carter lands his 20,000th billfish.



Finishing with a Flourish: FIlm tracks fly angling WWII vet's return to France.

-- Dr. Todd

1000 Words

This week in 1000 Words: Hollywood Goes Fishing we get a really great press photo of Olivia de Haviland. This photo was shot just before she got the lead in Captain Blood in 1935, a film that was nominated for an Academy Award. It helped launch de Haviland's incredible career which is still going on -- she narrated a stunning film about art therapy in alzheimer's treatment called I Remember Better When I Paint in 2009 and presented it at Cannes in 2011. Olivia de Haviland is going strong today at the age of 97, a woman of rare talent and grace.



-- Dr. Todd

The Friday Funhouse

The Video of the Week

Here is your fishing fails video for the past year (some salty language).



12 Things I Would Buy If Only I Could Afford Them

I do like this Ambassadeur 6500 from the 1970s.



This is a really clean Pflueger 3 hook minnow.



A Pflueger Meadow frog on the card in the box is superb.



The Bon-Net Muskie Bait is a classic Wisconsin lure.



This Talbot Venus will clean up well.



I like South Bend underwater minnows.



This Fenwick Lunkerstik 2000 is very popular.



Bagley square lip Honey Bees in rare colors -- a recipe for success.



Man, I have never seen an Arnold Hopalong in Fire Lacquer!



This Paw Paw Trout Caster is incredible.



The Walton Speed Bait in the box is very rare.



A Heddon Musky Vamp is doing well.



As always, have a great weekend -- and be good to each other, and yourself.

-- Dr. Todd