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January 1, 2009 - Volume X, Number 1

THE eBay Report - December 2008

What economic downturn? Average items did lose some value as collectors scaled down their buying, but good quality fishing stuff is still selling well.

Spinning Reel Report - December 2008

Santa-Bay offered some great reels to end the year... But did they all sell?

Shimano Bantams, The 1st 15 Years

A new book for the modern reel collector by author Phil White. Read the review and ordering information...

Does anyone want this domain?

After 12 years of editing this and other websites, I'm running out of gas....

New books for spinning reel collectors

Ben Wright reviews two new books on Italian reels...

Richard Wheatley Virtual Museum

Clive Edwards has created a virtual museum exploding with information about the wonderful fly boxes of Richard Wheatley.

Disturbing eBay Trends

In June 2006 I wrote "As I compile monthly data for my eBay report I have noted a large increase in lures with very high reserves and/or starting bids...

New Books for Reel Collectors

Italian authors have been busy turning out some new books that will be of great value to spinning reel collectors.

The Shakespeare Ugly Stik

A first person account of the development of the Shakespeare Ugly Stik and how it got its name.

James A. Henshall

The father of fishing tackle collecting?

Nothin's New!

We hope you'll find this new historical column about modern buzz baits interesting and maybe even educational.

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Prices?

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Reel Site

I have another web site devoted to reel collecting called Old Reels.com. If you are interested in reel collecting, as a novice or old pro, I hope you'll take a look and bookmark the site. It has a great deal of good information.
www.oldreels.com

 

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