For my money, the best display at the show, Bill Hoerter’s ball handle collection. Several of the reels I have never seen in 35 years of collecting. [PS, Bill also got to ride the famed Secretariat after the horse was retired.]
ORCA royalty. Bill Gehrke, ORCA President David Lehman, past ORCA President Betty Barr, and long time ORCA treasurer Roger Schultz.
Here's a story I brought along about Perez reels and the history of his company:
The earliest Perez reels were either unlabeled or just stamped "PEREZ" on the face plate. the later reels from the Silber production era and beyond, post 1946, were larger and labeled Perez No. 1 with the logo typically seen on reels in the field.
A small amount of assorted parts unearthed by ORCAn Dave Lucas
ORCA member since 1999 Honorary Life Member
Specializing in saltwater reels...and fly reels...and oh, yeah, kentucky style reels.....and those tiny little RP reels.....oh, heck...i collect fishing reels!...and fly rods....and lures
I always wanted to add an Orvis fly reel in a fitted wooden box to my collection and, after literally smellling the wood to make sure it was pungent and not refinished, I pulled the trigger on this plated 2d model to my collection for $X cash PLUS three brass British reels in trade...
Note the label of the merchant over a second label. I’ll add a close up tomorrow.
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The casting competition and Stu Lawson Memorial Ugly Reel Toss had a rain delay, but the rain eased up to a steady mist so the troops went outside and competed. George McCabe was the overall casting contest winner.
Some of the action:
That's George McCabe in the middle of the spectators' galley.
Gary Lopez works out a minor (backlash) delay.
Dave Basore was loaded for bear.
Dave Roberts gives Betty Barr a hand tying on a casting weight.
One of the highlights of the weekend was getting to meet our banquet speaker, Tim O’Brien who wrote these three fantastic books (one with ORCA Charter member Ed Pritchard). Dr. O’Brien stayed after to autograph his books:
