Cliff Netherton Collection Auction July 29, 2016 in Lexington, Kentucky

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Cliff Netherton's collection of tournament casting tackle will be up for auction on Friday afternoon, July 29, 2016 at the Blue Grass Sportsman League Clubhouse at 2500 Handy's Bend Road in Wilmore, Kentucky. It was originally scheduled for a public auction at the Clarion Hotel but that has been cancelled in favor of a silent auctions sometime in the afternoon on Friday at the Blue Grass Clubhouse.

Lots of great stuff here. Here is a link to the auction items:

www.americancastingassoc.org/events_sco ... uction.pdf

There are a lot of super goodies in this batch including some great reels.

-- Dr. Todd

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UPDATE: The auction will commence on Friday directly after lunch, at the Blue Grass Club (address listed above). To be safe I would make sure to be there by noon.

[Mike N]

Dr. Todd--

I am very interested in this auction but the website link does not seem to be working. Do you have another link?

Thanks,

Mike N

[Midway Tommy D]

Mike,
Here's an ACA link and here's the item list.
I don't think it's an internet bid accessible format, I'm pretty sure you have to be present. Maybe someone will shed some light on that aspect.

[Mike N]

Gracias, Tomas!

[kyreels]

Here is a report from the ACA National 2016 Tournament and Netherton Auction. The weather was not great, but somewhere around 100 persons were at the Blue Grass Sportsman's League for the dual purpose of the penultimate tournament day, as well as the silent auction of some fantastic tournament tackle. There were several ORCA members there, including Betty and Don Barr, as well as a few of the dual ACA/ORCA members. The ACA is really a great group of people, very family oriented, and just a bunch of nice folks that like to cast, and are really, really good at it.

The atmosphere at the casting tournament was great, and if you look closely, you will see a lot of vintage tackle. I loved looking at the on-deck rods waiting for casters, and loved looking through the boxes of all the masters.



My opinion was that prices were fairly strong compared to recent experience. The ACA really still uses all the old tackle (and some new tackle), and therefore, its not easy to get what we probably consider the low to medium end of the casting reels at auction. The thing is, they are buying them to modify and use, and this is what they do. I kept getting topped out over market price by casters that intend to use the reels. We had to let the Heddon Pro 25 narrow spool aluminum arbor go to a Cincinnati caster for $160. The Heddon Pro 25 marked prototype went for a pretty strong $225. A Jack Welch Heddon 3-35 was up over $400. As previously reported, a really fine Shakespeare signature rod was on display only, as well as several other killer high end rods, including a unique RL Winston Salmon Rod that would make any collector drool.




As in all auctions, a few items were weak or not sold, mostly those items that were not immediately useful for winning tournaments. Rods in the list above went well, only 1 or 2 lots were not sold. I managed to get some wooden and bamboo casting rods at a very reasonable price, but I don't think these rods would be the best for accuracy and distance today. But they will be great for our antique casting tourneys or exhibitions.

I backed off a couple lower end but desirable reels (Langley and Shakespeare Sportscasts), because they were getting some bid action from the youth, who showed up well at the tournament and auction. You gotta encourage the potential future of our hobbies.

I did manage to pick up several reels for the narrow spool tourney collection, as well as the rods previously mentioned. I also picked up a reel for casting, but it turned out to have mechanical issues I have to address.



It was a great time, a great learning experience, and I will be reporting out some of that history that may be interesting to many. These guys and gals have great knowledge and experience that we rarely encounter. I met the great granddaughter of Robert Budd, because I mentioned I had all the old tournament patches of her uncle. Now that is a great day.

Special thanks to Bill Burke, who is an unparalleled ambassador of ORCA and ACA, and just a great gentleman who we are all proud to know.

[colby sorrells]

Matt,
Thanks for posting.
The Heddon Pro Weight Model 25 Matt shows above is a special reel. The reel is stamped "Prototype 1 of 5" on the tailplate. Jack Welch, who probably knew more about Heddon reels than just about anyone, told John Seroczynski, long time tournament caster and former President of the ACA, that Heddon asked Langley to produce these reels and this was one of the prototypes that Langley made. Now before you Bronson folks get all up tight, Langley only made the prototypes. Heddon inquired about Langley making the reels just about the time Langley decided to sell off their reel production, Fall 1962. Langley never got the chance to make the reels and apparently ZEBCO was not interested SO they went to Bronson for full production. Just a small piece of history on this reel. Are the other 4 out there somewhere or lost to history?

Keepin' It Fun
Colby

[Willis Logan]

Matt

Thanks for the report on the auction and the pictures. Heavy stuff went down and new collectors got some stuff. does not get any better than that.

Fun Hobby.

[Brian F.]

Great report, Matt, and thanks for sharing!