Best book

mike · Post by **mike** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:22 pm

OK I know this is a tuff one but if you were to have one book on reels what would it be ? I really don't care about the pretty pictures but something filled with info and maybe somewhat close on values. Or is this like lures and you need about evey book that was printed and than it's out dated by the time you thumb thru it. Mike

mike · Post by **mike** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:24 pm

not sure why but for some reason I could not log in as mike c
Mike Campouris

Reel Geezer · Post by **Reel Geezer** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:51 am

I don't believe that the book you are looking for has been published yet. Ben Wright's spinning reel book comes the closest, but it only covers fixed spool reels. We have long needed a reel book similar to Luckey's lure book.

SWIM JIG · Post by **SWIM JIG** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:38 am

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Canadian USA Phil, as you already have a nice start with your already published books! why not contiue the work, and make a very large book or a2 volume set or even 3 volumes and show some pics, also a graded price scale thus the reel will always have some value attached to it by condition! You could lead the way, Ben could become envolved, stu can contribute, and the other members that have wrote books, ( The saying will always stand (its only worth what someone is willing to pay!) Do Not use E-Bays flea Market as a guide line on price!) Use tackle shows, tackle specilty auctions , and trends per region! For those Not fiamiliar with the Mag call (THE GUN REPORT) they list antique guns one time and antique amunition another time) Like you said Phil a type of thing Lucky has done! Or the Gun taraders guide!) I can see ORCA Members doing work on this from sales in their area ie. State region etc! and their are of expertice! Harvy you reading this? John elder ?, Don Champion? Dale Noll?, Lee Faber?, Bill ARP? and the list goes on!In my small brain, I see this as a 3to 5 year project, it will set things for years to come as we must now include reels 5 years and back in age, When this project gets started, our members need to let the Editor of the book be aware what reel or reels each one will report on! We also need to get our mebers to the North, Canada in on this as well as our other members from all countries! I would like to sugest a name( THE ORCA PRICE GUIDES FOR REEL COLECTORS) Your Ohio Conection Col. Milton lorens on Lake ERIE aka SWIM JIG

Post by **john elder** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:45 pm

As a follow-up..Phil, you are always cuffing us up the side of the head to remind us that 80% of what we bring up here has previously been addressed in the Reel News. I know I don't have all the back issues by a long shot and i'm sure I'm not alone. What about putting together a compendium of all the back issues and offering it up for a decent price...or even as sets sold thru the orca store for each year...yes, we can buy the individual ones where available, but it would be better to be able to buy them all as a coordinated set...and certainly should be more economical for the end users. Where issues are missing, we could put them together using copies from someone's collection that has been with the org since the beginning. this, coupled with a good cross-referencing appendix, would certainly be invaluable to all the clubbers and newbies alike.

Richard Lodge · Post by **Richard Lodge** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:37 pm

John's right on target, I think. The breadth and depth of Reel News stories and research over the last decade has been tremendous. culling through all the back issues, grouping reels by type or era and republishing all that great work into a book would be a fantastic resource and could be a real "reel" treasure for ORCA members and for ORCA to publish for collectors all over.

drexelantiques · Post by **drexelantiques** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:01 pm

Mike, it is worse than for lures. At least there are lure books that cover a wide range of companies.

So you could make do with one, or two, and cover a large portion of the normally found lures.

The few general reel books either are just price guides, or they have serious holes in their information. Karl White's book covers many reels, but leaves many out as well, and it also is not very realistic on values, and light on information.

To get a good library on reels is going to take a dozen or so books.

Lawson's Price Guide to Reels

Phil White's books

Graham Turner's Fishing Tackle a Collector's Guide

The Pfleuger Facts book

Steven Vernon's Kentucky Reel book

Jim Brown's a Treasury of Reels.

Al Mungers books

I am sure I am leaving out a dozen more. There is a book on Mitchell reels, the spinning reel book mentioned in a post above, several books on ABU reels and reels made in Sweden. Books on Hardy reels, and many others.

Harvey · Post by **Harvey** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:29 pm

Richard & John,
Back issues of the "RN" is avaiable from Roger but there are a few early ones missing. I THINK I have all that are avaiable if I can find them all. Contact Roger and find out which ones he is missing.
That would be a good project for someone this winter while the snow is 10 ft deep.
"H"

Post by **john elder** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:24 pm

I would say that the snow in Hawaii is most conducive for this type of project...come on, Brian..step up to the plate

Harvey · Post by **Harvey** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:24 am

Thanks John,
I didn't have the heart to say that! I wanted a Christmas card this year!
"H"

Post by **Brian F.** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:58 pm

Sorry guys, I think my publishing talents are limited to "stack and staple". Nice try though

mike · Post by **mike** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:44 pm

OK let me get this straight, reel info is harder to get than lures, I need a half dozen books and Elder is going to start when on the new one? Thanks guy's and someone please let me know when to make my order. Mike

Post by **john elder** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:43 pm

OH, yeah, Mike...that would be a great read...it could be like a "Where's Waldo" for Reelites, trying to find the factoids among the mis-information

speaking of which, Brian points out that the RNs can already be purchased by year, with only a few missing...it would be nice to pull these out of someone's archive and see if we could make the whole set available to all.

mike · Post by **mike** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:41 pm

Geez, lets see it cost me $80 to join the club for 3 years and $325 for all the back issues and I don't collect reels ! I'm going to have to quit asking questions here. Mike Campouris (new member)

Harvey · Post by **Harvey** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:04 pm

Mike,
NEVER quit asking questions! That is the way you learn and it also makes other do research. That way we all learn.
(Welcome aboard!)
"H"

Dale Noll · Post by **Dale Noll** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:43 pm

Mike
Getting information is your best way to start a collection. You could start with Pfluegers. Buy the Pflueger Facts book just published by ORCA. Than after you make a few purchases, you will realize the importance of not buying junk, as most of us have done when we started on the ORCA trail.

Then get a Meisselbach book from Phil White before these are out of print. This should get you started the right way on quality reels. As you get more into the collecting, you will find several other good starter books. The K. White Vol 2 book gives you lots of photos, and is "generally" very helpful. If available the book written by Jim Madden on South bend reels would be also a great addition, but unless someone is willing to give up a copy, you may find it very hard to find.

So, altogether you need about the same amount of money it takes to get a set of golf clubs. But there is no green fees here at the help board. These 4 books are a mainstay in my bookcase. They are next to a photo of Elvis.

Good luck. Dale.

piscesman · Post by **piscesman** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:17 pm

One thing we are all forgetting is that reels have more "variables" than lures. Enterprise Manufacturing never threw anything out. They just adapted to the next reel with parts available. Hence the problem trying to date or identify them. Next we have reels being made by the "big guys" for the trade companies. Parts are different but still fit... Lures on the otherhand were the same as much as could be. nothing is identical but are the same. hence we have the guides to guide us. Pick the picture that closely resembles it and you have a match, or do you? That's the joy in collecting. Trying to find the next big FIND! Enjoy it for what it is meant to be. A hobby...
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