Antique Fishing Reels Site Map

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INTRODUCTION

	Home page and site search engine
	Why I enjoy collecting antique fishing reels

TIPS ON COLLECTING
	Getting started in collecting
	Tips on cleaning your old reels
	Official collector club guide to grading your old reels
	Glossary of common terms used by reel collectors
	Terminology of antique reel parts
	Recommended books for novice tackle collectors
	Links to collector clubs, museums, etc.

PHOTOS OF ANTIQUE FISHING REELS
	Color gallery
	Black-and-white gallery
	Some old level winds
	Some old British reels
	Some ball-handle and NY-style reels
	Some old baitcasting reels

ARTICLES ON ANTIQUE TACKLE MAKERS
	George W. Burgess, early Pennsylvania rodmaker
	John Krider and the Sportsmen's Depot
	Augustus D. Hendrick and the Star Reel Works
	An interesting drag by Julius Vom Hofe
	The Smithsonian Institution's Fishing Reel Patent Models
	Elmer J. Sellers and His Fishing Reel
	The Spinning Reels of Edward F. Small
	Who's Yer Reelmaker?
	Assailed in Two Cities: John Kopf, Reelmaker
	An American Original: The First Patented Spinning Reel

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON VARIOUS REEL TOPICS
	FAQs about general reel topics
	FAQs about various brands and companies
	FAQs about spinning and spincast reels
	FAQs about rod-and-reel combinations

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