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Volume I - 1991: $2.00 each, $7.50 for the year.
January - Premier issue, Show reports, Quick
reference to Kentucky reels, Reel life in the NFLCC, List of ORCA
Charter Members. 4 pages.
April - Oliver's Auction and NEAA show, 10 books on
reels, More Charter members. 4 pages.
June - 22 most Expensive Reels, Charter Members,
Show reports. 4 pages.
October - Not currently available
Volume II - 1992: $2.00 each, $7.50 for the year.
January - NY Reels, Show and Auction reports. 4
pages.
June - Master-Kaster Pump Reel, Auction & Show
reports. 4 pages.
September - Not currently available.
December - Not currently available.
Volume III - 1993: $3.00 each, $11.00 for the year.
Spring - Not currently available
Summer - Vernon grading system, More Master Kaster
reel info, Auctions. 8 pages.
Fall - Snyder Reels, Reel Values, Show and Tell. 10
pages.
Winter - Yale Reels, Meisselbach Reels, Pflueger
Supreme Models. 10 pages.
Volume IV - 1994: $4.00 each, $15.00 for the year.
Spring - Fly Lines De-Mystified, Auction Notes. 10
pages.
Summer - Financial Statement; Auction Notes; Fly
Lines Revisited; American Fly Reels, 10 of the Best. 12 pages.
Fall - The Fowle Salmon Reel; Airex Spinning Reels;
Brief History of the Ocean City Manufacturing Co.; Hints on Dating
Hendryx Reels; The Deadly Reel; Mystery Reel; 12 pages.
Winter - Tournament Surf Reels; Earliest JvH Trout
Reel?; An Outline of Early American Salmon Reels; The Deadly Reel;
Mystery Reel. 12 pages.
Volume V - 1995: $5.00 each, $17.50 for the year.
Spring - Talbot’s Ben Hur Fly Reel; The "Reel"
History of the United States; James Heddon’s Auto-Thumber; The Deadly
Reel; Mystery Reel; 16 pages.
Summer - The Falch/Fenner Reel; Penn Fishing Tackle
Mfg. Co.; Edward Vom Hofe & Company; Mystery Reel; 100 Years of the Fly
Reel; 16 pages.
Fall - Hardy Brass Faced Fly Reels; A Word For Reel
Cases; The Marr Reel; Mystery Reel; 16 pages.
Winter - A Note on Identifying Malleson Reels;
Winchester and the Fine Line; An Introduction to Langley Reels; The
ABC’s of Wm. Shakespeare Jr’s First Reel; A Quick Reference Guide to New
York Reels; 16 pages.
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Volume VI - 1996: $5.00 each, $17.50 for the year.
Spring - Reels, Their Use and Abuse; The "Carver"
Snyder Reel; The Wowser of the Year; Daytona Auction; The Gyratory Reel;
Lang’s Auction; 16 pages.
Summer - Bronson Reel Co.; More on Malleson Reels;
Identifying Early Penn Reels; Reel Oilers; Gold Rod & Reel; Ocean City
Orlando Reel; Lang’s Auction; Winans & Whistler Reel; 16 pages.
Fall - The Pflueger Supreme; Little Rock report;
First Model Meisselbach Take-Apart Reel; Collector’s War Stories;
Langley Demonstrator Reels; Langs Summer Auction; 16 pages.
Winter - Zane Grey-Coxe Reel; Reels in Cans; Click
& Drag reels; Kasschau Reel; Art of Bait Casting; Heddon Thumber II; 16
pages.
Volume VII - 1997: $6.00 each, $20.00 for the year.
Spring - Reel Prices & Trends; Vintage casting
tournament; Early Penn Reels; First Tarpon Caught on Rod & Reel?;
Distance Tournament Casting Reels. 16 pages.
Summer - Early Pflueger Casting Reels; Identifying
Early Mitchell Spinning Reels; Snyder Reel at Lang's Auction; The
Daytona National; Origin of the Short Bait Casting Rod; and columnists,
book review, and more. 20 pages.
Fall - Montague "Generic" Reels 1 - casting reels;
ORCA Annual Meeting; the Edsall/Bristol reel & handle; NFLCC National
show; American Fly Reels; Fishing Tackle Trademarks; Making of a Fine
Fishing Reel; Wowsers at Langs; and more. 20 pages.
Winter - Pflueger Reels, from Adams to Worth; The
Reel Lady; Glasgow Spinet Reel; ORCA Honorary Members; Edward vom Hofe
in Cyberspace; Meisselbach-Pflueger connection; Montague Generic Reels 2
- Fly Reels; D.A.M.; Allentown, mini national; now 2 regualr columnists,
and more. 24 pages.
Volume VIII - 1998: $6.00 each, $20.00 for the year.
Spring - Redifor Rod & Reel Co., Reel Collecting in
Europe, Ashaway Slip-Cast Reel, Montague Generic Reels 3 - Utility
Reels, Third Party Transactions, Bishop Level Winder, regular columns,
and more. 24 pages.
Summer - When Reel Makers Went To War, Pflueger
Fishing Reel Trademarks, Click & Drag Revisited, Montague Generic Reels
4 - Salt Water Reels, Follett Automatic Reel & Butt, Lang's Spring
Auction, The Arjon Fisher, regular columns & more. 28 pages.
Fall - Carlton Manufacturing Co, Penn Spinfisher
Reels, Fishing Company Letterheads, NFLCC National, ORCA's Annual
Meeting, Counterfeit Fishing Reels, Birth of the Automatic Reel, Regular
columns & more, 28 pages.
Winter - John A. Cozzone & his reels, True Temper
Reelrod, George Perry and his world record bass, Patience is a Virtue,
Kentucky Reelmakers Time Line, A Visit to the American Museum of Fly
Fishing, Rochester Reel Company, Herb Butler Fish Reel, Martin Automatic
Reel, Cleaning, Restoration & Repair of Old Fishing Reel - Part 1,
regular columnists, and lots more. 32 pages.
Volume IX - 1999: $6.00 each, $24.00 for the year (5 issues).
Spring - South Bend Casting Reels, More on
Rochester Reels, Restoration & Repair - part 2, The Meisselbach Tripart,
Reel Display Cabinets, Reel Collecting for the Birds, History of the
Pflueger Summit, Lang's Auction, all our regular columnists, and more.
32 pages.
Summer - E.A. Pflueger Reels, The Gulf Reel
Company, The Carlton Decendants, H. J. Frost & Co in 1920, The Huffman
Attachment, Hardy Book Review, Jug Fishing, Stu Lawson, Richard Lodge,
Bob Miller, and lots of great stuff. 28 pages.
Fall - The ORCA Show, The Reels of L.W. Holmes, The
AR-BE Brake Reel, Henry Manning's Fish Line Reel Holder, ORCA Special
Interest Groups, The NFLCC National, and all our regular columnists. 28
pages.
Winter - Pflueger Templar & Atlapac reels; Horton
Mfg. Co. part 1; Worden Belly Reel; Pliny's Last Reel; Is the Internet
Wrecking Tackle Shows? and all the other good stuff from our regular
columnists.
New Years - This special issue features articles
from the first 10 years of the ORCA Newsletter.
Volume X - 2000: $6.00 each, $24.00 for the year (5 issues)
Spring - 1st Reel Award, South Bend Good Luck
Tokens, Dating Shakespeare Reels, Talbot tournament reel, Horton Mfg.
Co. 2, Thumb Reels, Legacy of the Left, ORCA National Show, Langley
Whitecap #425, and more.
Summer - Swaged, Riveted, or Pressed, Earliest
Langley?, Dating Ambassadeur 5000 reels, Horton Mfg. Co. 3, Bogdan
Salmon Reel, Surf Reels, Kasschau Reel, Jaleoxe Reel, and regular
columnists.
Fall - South Bend ABL Reel, Zebco, Pflueger Pfacts,
Mitchell Reference Guide, Brower Reel-Holder, and all the regular
columns.
Winter - ORCA Convention, South Bend ABL reel 2,
Cleaning reels, The Farshure Reel, Reel Screwdrivers, Bronson Invader,
Francis Loomis, and much more.
Holiday Issue - Revisited: The Pflueger Supreme,
Stream-liner Reel, South Bend ABL Reel 3, Sea Gull Reels, Winchester
Reels, German Mystery Reel, Gadgets, and all the columnists.
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Volume XI - 2001: $7.00 each, $25.00 for the year (4 issues)
March - James A. Henshall, Pflueger trolling reels,
Dopper Spinning Reel, Ball on Ball reel, Doc Herr, Reel Collectors are
nice people, Daytona Beach Show & SB Auction, and all the columns.
May - The Willoughby Reel, Dating Mitchell Reels,
Phantom Pflueger found, Kona Marlin on Antique Tackle, Where are the
younger collectors, and lots more.
August - So you want to collect old reels?, Lang's
Auction, US Patent Office on line, Meisselbach-Catucci Symploreel fly
reels, John Elder's Wooden Reel, and more.
October - The ORCA Convention, Spinning Reels of
Edward Small, Heddon 3-15, Mitchell Gold, Pflueger Kentucky Style Reels,
Surf Reels, Embossed brass reel, Reel News Index.
Volume XII - 2002: $7.00 each, $30.00 for the year (6 issues)
January - Tractor Reels, The Tepker Thriller,
Comments on Collecting, Behinds the scenes of the ORCA Convention,
Pflueger Names, Lang's Auction, and all the columns.
March - The ORCA Annual: Starting a reel
collection, Honorary Members, ORCA Hall of Fame, Financial Reports, plus
all the columns and The Membership Roster.
May - Harry Stutz and his Talbot Reel, Once in a
lifetime Wowser, Mitchell's 498, Pre-1910 Pflueger Salt Water Reels, New
Meisselbach column, plus all the regular columns.
July - Full report on the ORCA Convention, Keene
Valley Reel, Penn Squidder, Shakespeare Codes, Pflueger Akron, South
Bend Reels, P. A. Altmaeir Rod & Reel, and lots more.
September - The Dyer Reel, K.Y. James Tournament
Reel, Working for Shakespeare, Shakespeare Codes, Ocean City Reels,
Merit-Stalder reel, and lots more stuff.
December - Ustonson and Mr. Gregory, Illustrated
envelopes & covers, Indiana Reel from Michigan, Epinger Casting Reel,
Pflueger Automatic Reels 1, Stober reel, and lots more.
Volume XIII - 2003: $7.50 each, $35.00 for the year (6 issues)
January - Windshield-Wiper Levelwinds, Bach
Hamilton Brown, More on Eppinger Notangle Reels, Vintage Fishing Reels
of Sweden, Pflueger Pfacts (Automatic reels II), Ranger Reels, Jim
Schottenham's Birdcage Reel, Penn Coronado, A.F. Meisselbach & Bro.,
Pflueger Akron Exploded drawing, Langs Auction Reports, and a whole
bunch more.
March - Member Roster, What is the future of your
collection?, ORCA 2003 National Convention, Shakespeare-ORCA
Partnership, The "Thunderbird Keahoni" Reel, Stephen Hays' Tournament
Casting Reel, Ranger Reels Part 2, Pflueger Pfacts (Revelations of
Enterprise History), and a lot more.
May - The Reel Deal, Annie Oakley and the Nevermiss
Reel, Wide Spool Tournament Reels, Pflueger Pfacts (Pflueger Nobby),
Cataloguing Early Pflueger Medalists, Inexpensive Indiana Reel Spools,
Spinning Lines (Shakespeare II Series), and a ton more!
July - ORCA National Convention, Dowagiac 2003,
Collecting Counter-Balanced Handled Reels, Hermos Reels, Pflueger Pfacts
(Spinning Reels, Part I), Who Says Collecting Old Reels is Expensive?,
Automatic Reels, Kirk Ewart's Brass Trolling Reel, A.F. Meisselbach &
Bro. (Meisselbach-Catucci Reels), and oodles more!
September - The Wooden Meisselbach Good Luck Reel,
Elmer Larson's Shasta Fly Reel, Langley Plugcast, Pflueger Pfacts
(Pflueger Quadruples), "Record Player" reel, Magnetic Brakes, Phil
white's Pivoting Spinning Reel, How to Identify an Old Reel, Exploded
Drawings Pflueger Free Flite No. 1200, Review on "Warman's Fishing Lures
Field Guide", Review on "Collectible Fishing Reels", and so much more!
December - Reel Materials & Finishes, Reflections
from the daughter of a Shakespeare Salesman, Rogue Reels of Oregon,
Pflueger Pfacts (Post WWII Saltwater Reels), Thunderbird Casting Reel,
John Elder's Flip Reel, Spinning Lines (Pickup Finger or Half Bail?),
Updates on Mother of all Auctions and Allentown. Plus many other
articles!
Volume XIV - 2004: $7.50 each, $35.00 for the year (6 issues)
January - The 2004 ORCA Convention, Plastics,
Another Anti-Backlash Method, Pflueger Spinning Reels II, Giant Brass
Reel?, Alcedo Stuff, Zebco Model 1970, Round Pillar Meisselbach Takapart
Reels, Pflueger Reel Assembly, and lots more.
March - Big Game Reels of George Garey, Benson Rod
& Reel Combinations, How Will You Transfer Your Reel Business? Pflueger
Top Ten, Bottom Feeding, Spinning Reel Review, Meisselbach's
Big T, Shakespeare Repairs, Auction Report, Membership Roster, and lots
more.
May - Heddon Imperial No. 125, South Bend Bits,
ORCA's First Regional Show, The Great Pawl War, Pflueger Reel
Accessories, Pre-Shakespearean Literature, Ball on Ball Reel,
Meisselbach Blue Diamond, Penn Leveline 350, Penn Archives, Mitchell 300
repairs, plus lots of other stuff.
July - Report from the ORCA Convention, Rassey
Reel, Snowflake Reel, Pre-WWII Pflueger Reels, Adjustable Brakes,
Billinghurst Estate, ABU/Zebco Connection, Penn Live Bait Caster #259,
plus more.
September - ABE Fishing Combination, South Bend
Southpaws, Langley Streamlite, Pre-WWII Pflueger Reels II, Clutches with
Yokes, Zebco Cardinal Spinning Reels, True Temper Bronson 63 Repairs,
and lots more.
November - Resetting Click-Pawl Springs, Origin of
the Star Drag, Pflueger Service Reels, Pflueger or Montague, Reel
Values, Zebco Cardinal Spinning Reels II, Langley Fly Reels, Cardinal 4
Repairs, and more.
Volume XV - 2005: $7.50 each, $35.00 for the year (6 issues)
January - The Ocean City Fortescue, Indiana Reel Spools, Star Drag
Revisited, Lew Childre, Penn Archives, Short Lived Pre-WWII Enterprise
Reels, Penn Spincaster, Allentown Show, South Bend Presentation Boxes,
Zebco Cardinal 3s, Quick Champion Repairs, plus book reviews, letters
and more.
March - Colgrove Spinning Reel, United States Reels, Langley Lurecast
and Target baitcasters, Left Hand Enterprise Reels, Pflueger Fly Reel
Notes, Rarest Cardinal Reels, Langley Reel service, plus Membership
Roster and lots more.
May - Briggs Reel Company, Rod that "Talked to me", Meisselbach
Zephyr, Gear Box Control Langley Baitcasters, All American Lathe, Small
Pfluegers, Great Deally Reel, Mitchell Reels at auction, Lash Master
Reel repair, and lots more.
July - 2005 ORCA Convention in Texas, Serialized Pfluegers, South
Bend Fly Reels, Pflueger FasKast repairs, Ocean City Baitcasters, Coit
Electric Reel, A Pair of Rare Spinning Reels, plus lots more.
September - Meisselbach First Model Automatic, Pikies and Uncle Toms,
Pflueger Seminole, South Bend Fly Reels II, Garcia Ambassadeur 1750
repairs, ORCA at ICAST, Early Record Spinning Reels, and more.
November - Meisselbach First Automatic II, eBay is Fraught with
Peril, Ahead of the Curve, Anti-Back-Lash lawsuit, Origins of
Closed-Face Spinning Reel, Trade Reels of Janney, Semple, Hill & Co,
Shakespeare Reel Colors, Shakespeare Wondercast repair, and much more.
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