Reel News

The March 2025 Reel News

The March 2025 Issue of Reel News is available to ORCA Members. The following articles and authors are included in this issue.

– R.&L. Lewis, Reelmakers – Steve Vernon
– Member Spotlight on Dwight Rauch – Betty Barr
– Part II: Robert L. Hunter, Reelmaker – Roger Schulz
– The Story of the Penn Spinfishers (Greenies) – Mike Cacioppo
– ORCA Treasurer’s Update – Bryce Tawney
– The Auction Report – Richard Lodge

The January 2025 Reel News

The January issue of Reel News is available. Included in this issue are the following Articles:

– The Pflueger Progress fly reel: Part lI – Kevin McJunkin
– Hunter Manufacturing Co. and the Hunter/Gayle connection – Roger Schulz
– The Wilcox Reels – Steve Vernon
– From belts to fishing reels: The saga of Trimline Tackle – David Lehmann
– Recollections of ‘accuracy casting’ in the 1950s and ’60s – Brian Funai
– The Auction Report – Richard Lodge
– Learning a thing or two about Langleys – Willis Logan
– 2025 Membership Dues Notice
– ORCA Officers Election Ballot

The November 2024 Reel News

The November 2024 Issue of Reel News is available to ORCA Members. The following articles and authors are included in this issue.

– Evolution of the Pflueger Progress fly reel – Kevin McJunkin

– Third time’s a charm for ORCA National in Frankfort – Richard Lodge

– Meisselbach Expert No. 21, a transitional variation – Roger Schulz

– The Rodgers family, early US reelmakers – Steven K. Vernon

– A close look at Shakespeare’s successful non-level-wind reels – Dave Lucas and David Lehmann

– My first casting reel – Jack A. Goodner

– Panelists talk tips for book publishing – Betty Barr

– ORCA awards two Legacy Youth Memberships – Bryce Tawney

– Butch Carey, longtime member, big game reel – Betty Barr

– Found one! Well, kind of… – Colby Sorrells

– Comprehensive look at tournament casting tackle through the years – Steve Woit

The September 2024 Reel News

The September Reel News contains some interesting articles and information. Great job Richard Lodge. The articles and authors are shown below.

* Abner Bishop’s Independent Spooler – Steve Vernon
* Transitional prototype of Meisselbach Takapart 1903 round-pillar reel – Roger Schulz
* The Penn reel prototype – Mike Cacioppo
* Countdown is on for ORCA National Sept. 11-14
* New discovery for Shakespeare collectors – Bill Graves and Eric Jeska
* Heddon Pal P41NL a tournament casting favorite – Colby Sorrells
* Laurie Bingham was a NY reel expert – Henry Caldwell
* The Manier Kentucky reels – Bryce Tawney
* Biography of Rube Cross well researched, well written – Jim Brown
* Kovalovsky history a beautiful tribute for serious collectors – Betty Barr and Don Kleier
* Member Spotlight on Doug Whittington – Betty Barr
* The Auction Report

The July 2024 Reel News

This issue contains the following articles.

1. William Bradley reels: a hypothesis – Steve Vernon
2. The American Reel Co. of Indianapolis – Roger Schulz
3. The Shakespeare Standard Reel – David Lehmann
4. Getting the most out of direct drive casting reels for fishing – Paul Roberts
5. Ty Catron, dean of fishing tackle reps – Colby Sorrells
6. Member Spotlight on the Reel News editor (Richard Lodge) – Betty Barr
7. Auction Report – Richard Lodge

The May 2024 Reel News

The May 2024 edition of The Reel News is now on line for ORCA Members. Included in this issue are the following articles:

1. Albert Pettengill’s sidemount reels – Roger Schulz
2. Nick Hadden’s artistry in miniature – Brent Rowell
3. The Tuerk Brothers’ reels – Steve Vernon
4. Early Shakespeares: An introduction to what and when- David Lehmann
5. The Auction Report – Richard Lodge

The March 2024 Reel News

The ORCA March Issue of Reel News is in the Mail. Included in this issue are the following Articles.

1. J.A Coxe: The Early Years – Steve Vernon
2. South Bens Closed Face Spinning Reels, 1958 to 1977 – David Lehmann
3. Member Spotlight: Gary Lopez – Betty Barr
4. Carlton Manufacturing Co., Atlantic and Pacific Reels – Roger Schulz
5. Reels: Their Use and Abuse – B.C. Milam Reprint From 1920
6. Tweaking a Pflueger Summit – Paul Roberts
7. Fishing the Riffle: The Logos of Abbey & Imbrie – Mary Kefover Kelly Reprint from 1992
8. Auction Report – Richard Lodge
9. Treasurer’s Report – Bryce Tawney

The January 2024 Reel News

Included in this Issue are the following Articles:

• A medley of Medley reel manufacturers – Steve Vernon
• Spotlight on Mark and Diane White – Betty Barr
• Those marvelous Marryat reels – Eric Jeska
• Did the Conroys make the best mid-19th century reels? – David Lehmann
• Harry Slotterbeck’s copycat latch – Steve Vernon
• Characterizations and variations on unmarked, raised pillar Malleson reels – Roger Schulz
• The Horton Meek No. 6: How many exist? – Bill Muth and Ron Gast

The November 2023 Reel News

Included in this issue are the following articles:

• William Cavileer’s Fishing Reel and its Dissociative Identity Disorder – Steve Vernon
• Meisselbach Ranger No. 125 Reel Progression and Development – Roger Schulz
• Closed-Face Spinning Reels of Heddon – David Lehmann
• Lake George 2023 Convention Events, Activity and Photos – Richard Lodge
• Good Advice: Inventory Your Collection – Richard Lodge
• Member Spotlight: David Lehmann, Long Time Collector, Historian – Betty Barr
• The Reels, Tackle and Impact of Thomas Henry Bate – David Lehmann
• The Auction Report – Richard Lodge

The September 2023 Reel News

In this issue you can find the following articles.

1. Multiplying Reel Evolution I: John Bailey – Steve Vernon
2. Multiplying Reel Evolution II: Edward Deacon – Steve Vernon
3. Multiplying Reel Evolution III: John Warrin – Steve Vernon
4. Albert Miller’s Magnetic Braking Indiana-Style Reel – David Lehmann
5. ORCA Member Spotlight: John Elder – Betty Barr
6. Horton Manufacturing: Meek Tournament Reels – Roger Schulz
7. Scarce James 3-In-One Reel – David Lehmann
8. Pioneering Design, Scarcity Make This Ross a Real Find – Steve Woit
9. The Auction Report for July & August – Richard Lodge