Early Vintage Heddon Reels Valued by Collectors

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Published: 01 June 2015

By Doug Bucha

Early Vintage Heddon reels valued by collectorsWhile Heddon is most famous for its lure creations, most people don’t realize that the company offered fishing reels in its catalogs as early as 1905.

These early Heddon reels were made by another other reel companies who stamped the Heddon name on them.

Heddon began making its own reels in 1920 after they lured a famous reel maker named Jack Welch away from the Talbot Reel Company located in Kansas City. Jack got things going!

The company’s first in-house reel was the model 3-15 (1920-27), a non level-wind reel made of German silver. The name German silver is misleading as there is no silver in the metal.

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Hudson Lake Access Hopes in Doubt

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Published: 01 June 2015

By Louie Stout

Brandon Demitruk has been checking his mailbox daily for more than a month now.

Still no answer from the Indiana DNR.

Demitruk is vice president of the P.N.A. Fisherman’s Club in South Bend. In late March, he wrote a letter to the DNR urging them to consider buying available property on Hudson Lake northwest of South Bend and make it a public access.

The Michiana Walleye Club signed on, too.

The 400-acre lake is a good fishing lake within a short drive of South Bend and LaPorte, but access has been limited.

Until now, the only boat launch lies on the property for sale. It’s there where anglers have paid a small fee to launch their boats for several years.

But the landowner has the site for sale. The state could buy the four acres for $200,000.

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