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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Helping Each Other Out => Topic started by: Hotrod on December 03, 2009, 10:28:13 PM
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Got this inquiry.. Can anyone answer this question?
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU BUT I AM IN POSSESSION ON AN OLD FISHING REEL WITH BARNEGAT ON ITS SIDE AND THATS ALL. I CANT FIND ANYTHING ON THE NET TO ID IT. THOUGHT MAYBY YOU MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING. I ASSUME IT WAS MADE IN BARNEGAT. ITS AN OLD BAITCASTER. ANY INFO WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANKYOU
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Boat rod? 5hrug
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I think he's looking for the Manufacture.. and age of the reel. I just posted pictures
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I don't know anything about it, but I want one! t^
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Thats really cool TT^
Well if you give me the Credit Card I'll take one for the team and sit in Kubels in BL and drink all day and talk with the old salts and try to track down some info. ;D
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Thats really cool TT^
Well if you give me the Credit Card I'll take one for the team and sit in Kubels in BL and drink all day and talk with the old salts and try to track down some info. ;D
I'm game for that.
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Thats really cool TT^
Well if you give me the Credit Card I'll take one for the team and sit in Kubels in BL and drink all day and talk with the old salts and try to track down some info. ;D
Think I would like to help also chrz chrz
Reel is really great.....love to find out the history myself
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Hummmmmmm, that looks newer than some of Rod's stuff he uses. ;D
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I don't think so ;)
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Sorry, I meant...that looks newer than Rod. :-*
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Sorry, I meant...that looks newer than Rod. :-*
rofla rofla rofla rofla was it the Merrimac or Monitor Rod used to troll off of 5hrug hhppy hhppy hhppy hhppy hhppy hhppy hhppy
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Check with Tuckerton Seaport. t^
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I remember(which is nice sometimes, rofla)
we had a thread on this subject and some one (see I'dont remember) posted the web site on antigue fishing equipment.
Does any body remember or did we forget. rofla
At least ,I rememebered there is a site about this stuff. (or I think I do).
Where is my fishing equipment anyway??????
Hope my wife didn't sell it for what I told her I paid for it. hhppy hhppy clp ;)
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I looked all over tons of sites like that.. nothing nosmly
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Hmmmmmmmm.
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clp
To vintage photos:
http://njsaltwaterfisherman.com/forums/index.php?topic=6240.0
To the reels:
http://www.antiquefishingreels.com/i_galleryReels.html
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Yea. I seen that site but can't find that reel there..
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Hey Rod...can you ask the owner if the feet of the reel have the letters "H" and "I" on the back with a square and diamond etched around them?
I think this is a Horrocks-Ibbotson Reel. Was made in Utica, NY. My father has a couple of these reels on old bamboo poles.
Should be able to research it from there. I don't know much else.
5hrug
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on the bottom of the reel that connects it to the rod the number 150 is stamped 5hrug
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Yeah, that is a Horrocks-Ibbotson Company Reel. They usually have an "H I" with a diamond shape and possibly another shape on the back there too, but I guess it depends on when it was made. I know they use the logo design to date the reels now. However, I don't know about all of that. I looked on the net and there isn't a whole lot of info out there about this company or reels. Only thing I could find was a early to mid 1900's company that sold low to middle range fishing tackle. They were based out of Utica, NY and had a full line of reels. Their early fly rods and reels are very collectible. There were the biggest fishing tackle company in the world at one time and through "evolution" they were eventually bought by Shakespeare.
TT^
He might be able to get some more information from an antique/vintage fishing collector.
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Thanks Matt...
Yeap here it is..
http://66.51.163.9/fishing/collection/index.cfm/hierarchy/2/depth/2/finalLevel/2/category/2/level1/Horrocks%20-%20Ibbotson/item/M001467/
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250497623350&ih=015&category=36176&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1
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Cool!
I see that they don't seem to be worth a ton of money because the collectors see them as "mass produced" and they were not considered high end reals...funny thing is they also say there aren't many left to be had anymore? Maybe because they were so disposable or of a lower quality and they didn't last...I would think that would make them desirable to a collector who wants one 5hrug? Definitely old though and a really neat part of fishing history.
For a company that was the largest fishing manufacturer at the time with over 600 employees at their peak, there is not much information about them. Kind of a shame...I guess there aren't too many fishing historians around ;D.
TT^