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A group of antique tackle collectors will be gathering for its monthly informal meeting at the Heddon Museum Aug. 11.
The gathering is open to anyone interested in old antique fishing tackle or who has old gear that he or she would like to be appraised.
The group meets monthly at 6:30 p.m. at the former Heddon factory, 414 West St. in Dowagiac, Mich., that now serves as a museum. Its located two blocks north and two blocks west of the McDonald's.
The get-together of antique lure collectors is mostly a show-and-tell with some selling, trading, and buying of old tackle taking place.
For more information, email Doug Bucha at ndBucha@yahoo.com.
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A group of antique tackle collectors will be gathering for an informal meeting of antique tackle collectors at the Heddon Museum Aug. 11.
The group meets monthly at 6:30 p.m. at the former Heddon factory, 414 West St. in Dowagiac, Mich., that now serves as a museum. Its located two blocks north and two blocks west of the McDonald's.
The get-together of antique lure collectors is mostly a show-and-tell with some selling, trading, and buying of old tackle taking place.
Its open to anyone interested in old antique fishing tackle or who has old gear that he or she would like to be appraised. For more information, email Doug Bucha at ndBucha@yahoo.com.
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By Doug Bucha
Bass-Oreno turns 100.The city of South Bends 150th birthday was celebrated recently, but it wasnt the only historical landmark for the city.
The South Bend Bass-Oreno, a venerable topwater lure, turned 100 this year.
The Bass-Oreno was patented in 1915 by James S. Olds of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Mr. Olds sold the rights to his lure to the South Bend Bait and Tackle Company shortly after he received his patent. This makes the Bass-Oreno not only 100 years old but it also makes it an official antique.
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A group of antique tackle collectors will be gathering for an informal meeting July 14th meeting for antique tackle collectors at the Heddon Museum.
The group meets monthly at 6:30 p.m. at the former Heddon factory, 414 West St. in Dowagiac, Mich., that now serves as a museum. Its located two blocks north and two blocks west of the McDonald's.
The get-together of antique lure collectors is mostly a show-and-tell with some selling, trading, and buying of old tackle taking place.
Its open to anyone interested in old antique fishing tackle or who has old gear that he or she would like to be appraised. For more information, email Doug Bucha at ndBucha@yahoo.com.
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By Doug Bucha
Early Vintage Heddon reels valued by collectorsWhile Heddon is most famous for its lure creations, most people dont 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 companys 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.