Are there any must-have fly reel books? I'd love to own a beautifully illustrated book that has copious histories on US and Bristish makers, as well as pro
photos of classic reels.
Recommendations? Thanks.
Recommendations? Thanks.
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Posts: 337 01/03/2008 22:58 |
Not new but informative and closest to what you want : A.J. Campbell`s 'Classic & Antique Fly Fishing Tackle'
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Posts: 66 01/03/2008 23:39 |
The Dunkeld Collection by Jess Miller Hardy reels including fly, spinning and some lures.
Wear a bib because the color photographs induce drooling. look on www.abebooks.com |
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Posts: 4783 01/03/2008 23:59 Bulldog1935 |
these two get my highest recommendations for information on UK reels
Graham Turner, Fishing Tackle - A Collector's Guide (excellent information on shops and makers) Phil Waller, Fishing Reels - Collecting for All - Vols. I and II (good information, excellent photography and B&W plates) I recommend checking amazon UK for these books Jim Brown, A Treasury of Reels - The American Museum of Fly Fishing (details of a great collection) check abebooks or amazon agree on Dunkeld for Hardy |
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Posts: 5 01/03/2008 23:59 |
One of my favorite books is A Treasury of Reels by Jim Brown (The fishing reel collection of the American Museum of Fly Fishing). Now there's something to
drool over.
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Posts: 32 01/04/2008 08:51 |
I think you'll have to look for Treasury of Reels on the second hand market, though. Pretty sure it sold out while I was at AMFF. But mebbe not, worth a
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Posts: 1029 01/04/2008 09:50 Admin |
Thanks for the many suggestions. I'll begin to look around. Thank goodness for the internet--otherwise this would take six months.
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Posts: 6 01/04/2008 18:47 |
Last I checked, you could not buy a new copy of Treasury of Reels. I bought an autographed copy off of Amazon about 6 months ago for around $100.
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Posts: 319 01/04/2008 21:56 |
Hi Guys, There is a copy of Fly Reels of the Past by John Orrelle on Ebay right now. [1-4-2008] You'll like it although all the other suggestions are
great. Jay Edwards
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Posts: 289 01/04/2008 23:10 |
I think I got a recent renew notice from AMFF and if I was not drinking too much when I read it...I believe they are offering another printing of Treasury of
Reels. I got my copy several years ago when I joined the Museum. It was a great coercion!
To Bulldog: Why do you think Graham Turner so utterly disregarded J W Young in his book? It seems to me it's like writing the History of Baseball and not mentioning the Dodgers! |
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Posts: 290 01/04/2008 23:19 |
Two or three good 'picture books' not already mentioned: The Sporting Craftsmen, by Art Taylor. The Art of Fly Fishing by Paul Ferson and Margot Page
(great photos but the captions are horrible!) And Mac Francis has some of the most wonderful photos of rods and reels in Land of Little Rivers.
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Posts: 782 01/05/2008 00:31 |
In addition to those fine books already mentioned, consider Phil White's "Meisselbach Fishing Reels" and D.B. Homel's "Antique Fly
Reels," both excellent guides, and Richard K. Lodge's new "Skeletons."
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Posts: 63 01/05/2008 07:59 |
afgantrout wrote: He also gives only a few lines to William Dingley, and doesn't mention Reuben Heaton at all!
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Posts: 4792 01/05/2008 08:20 Bulldog1935 |
everything was based on research of catalogs - so it was all based on merchant marks and catalogs, as is every other book that has been written on vintage
tackle.
JW Young did not mark their prewar reels for the home market Reuben Heaton marked very little - only marked heaton reels I have seen were made for A&N CSL Even currently in The Reel News, Dr. Todd has a standing column on "Reels of the Trade" which is completely devoted to merchants and their wares. If you think about it, this is the normal pursuit that collectors follow - they acquire a catalog, say JW Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and set out to fill their catalog with examples of each reel. Did you know that Pennell never made reels? That will get you in fisticuffs in some tackle-collecting circles. Something else - up until about the time this board became hot, no one was interested in collecting JW Young - Hardy were the only acceptible reels and if it was made in the UK and wasn't a Hardy, it was generically a "Dingley" I am also going to take personal credit for making the effort to identify many trade reels that were made by JW Young and Reuben Heaton.
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Posts: 329 01/05/2008 08:58 |
"Land of Little Rivers" by Austin McK. Francis has only 12 pages about reels but they are
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Posts: 64 01/05/2008 09:57 |
bulldog1935 wrote: I think you deserve to, Ron, certainly in the US.
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Posts: 70 01/14/2008 00:24 |
A book I'm happy to have found in good used condition; "Fly Reels of the Past" authored by John Orelle. Published by Frank Amato Publications in
1987. It covers American as well as British produced reels and although it's all in black and white, I found it quite informative.
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