ANTIQUE REELS

 Big Game, Kentucky & Fly Reels

 

A Division of 'Custom Rod & Reel',  Lighthouse Point, Florida

'Antique Reels' is about American made antique fishing rods & reels, old fishing lures, the fun of collecting, and hopefully a way to help those who want to sell a reel or to learn more about reels they possess. You will find quality photos of rare reels by Sage, Milam, Meek, vom Hofe, Fin-Nor, Heddon, and many others.  Specializing in Salmon, Fly, Kentucky, and all early Big Game reels.

"I want to buy your antique

 BIG GAME reels" 

Always buying antique bait casting reels, rods and lures

Tom Greene

 

Featured in: 'Fishing Online's: 1,000 BEST WEB SITES  and 'The Antique Trader' magazine, the 'Sun-Sentinel News', radio show: Fishin-Zone Radio out of NY, and on the Sirius Network system

Tom & the crew of Somoya at the US Virgin Islands Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament

Tom Greene

Collector of high-grade antique fishing reels

 

Visit our complete saltwater tackle store at

Custom Rod & Reel

 1835 N.E. 25th St.

Lighthouse Point, Florida

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Tom Greene is a member of:

National Fishing Lure Collector Club

Florida Antique Tackle Collectors

Old Reel Collectors Association

Tom Greene & TV fishing expert Mark Sosin

 

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Photos of Early Collector Reels

Look at the photos and see if you have anything like these:

Fin-Nor Wedding Cake fly reels, brass reels, vom Hofes, Kentucky reels, Heddon, Hardy, Jack Welch, Leonard, J.F. & B.F Meek, Meek & Milam, Sage, Deally, Talbot... pages and pages of reel photos

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Especially looking to buy cardboard boxes for early reels.  Paying top dollar for just the empty box, more with the original reel

 

Specialist in 'Kentucky' Reels

Photos of Brass Reels

Sizes "zero" to "ten"

Rare J. Deally Kentucky reel

Rare No. 5, J.F & B.F. Meek brass reel

Rare J. L. Sage Kentucky reel

Rare No. 10, B.F. Meek Tarpon reel

Rare No. 1, J.F. & B.F Meek brass reel

Rare No. 5, engraved Kentucky reel

Rare No. 0, J.F. & B.F. Meek brass reel

Rare No. 4, engraved Meek and Milam

See an extensive list of 'wanted-to-buy' reel makers below

Click on the following for:

Paying top dollar for excellent condition antique rods and reels

Also buying pre-1930 reel parts for the type reels shown on this site

 

Call Tom before you sell to anyone else, it's toll free

"If you don't ask me how much I'll pay... we both lose"

Contact information:  Tom Greene at Custom Rod and Reel

 

Names of bait caster, fly, and smaller reels which I collect and wish to purchase.  Also want boxes and parts for any and all of these...

ABBEY & IMBRIE: A&I; AMERICA
LEONARD: Leonard-Mills
ABU GARCIA AMBASSADOR
KOVALOVSKY: large reels
BATE: T.H. Bate or T.H. Bate & Co.
MEEK: B.F. Meek,
BILLINGHURST
MEEK: B.F. Meek & Sons
BLUE GRASS REEL WORKS
MEEK: Meek & Milam
CHUBB: Thos. Chubb
MEEK: JF&BF Meek
CONROY: J.C. Conroy, Thos. Conroy
MILAM: B.C. Milam (& Son)
FIN-NOR: flyreels
MILLS: Wm. Mills & Son
FIN-NOR: big game reels
SAGE: J.L. Sage
FOSS: Al Foss
SEAMASTER: Flyreels
FOWLER: A.H. Fowler
SNYDER: George Snyder "GS"
FULLILOVE: Frank W. Fullilove
TALBOT: Wm. Talbot
HEDDON: No.'s 30, 35, 40
VOM HOFE: F. vom Hofe
HEDDON: No.'s 45, 3-15, 3-24
VOM HOFE: Julius vom Hofe
HEDDON: No.'s, 3-30, 3-35, 4-15, 4-18
VOM HOFE: Edward vom Hofe
HENSHALL: Henshall-Van Antwerp
WISNER: C.H.Wisner
HORTON: Horton Mfg. Co.
WELCH: Jack Welch
GAYLE: Geo. W. Gayle ( & Son )
WHEELER: Wheeler & McGregor
LEONARD: H.L. Leonard
WINCHESTER
Also see an extensive list of  'valuable' reels I want to buy

 

I buy early wood fishing lures...Click here to see what kind

 

Prices I pay for early lures

 

I especially want to buy early fly and salmon fishing reels that look like these by...Vom Hoffe, Talbot 'Ben Hur' and other makers

 

Buying early fly and salmon reels and paying top dollar...email me!  Tell me what you have for sale...

 

Contact Information for Tom Greene

Photos of early Big Game Reels from the 1930's and some... 

Really Big Game Fish !

This you have to see to believe it...

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Tom Greene buys really BIG GAME reels...

Names of some of the BIG GAME reels I want to buy...and see even more maker names

 

KOVALOVSKY

MITCHEL-HENRY

FARLOW

COXE SCHAUFFLER KNOWLES
LEE FIN-NOR STEVENS
STEAD GAREY ATALANTA
HARDY VOM HOFE HOESEL

ZWARG

KLEIN

TASMAN

A full list of American makers I want

 
Always buying big game fishing rods in excellent condition by any of the above makers or rods by Tycoon or Arthur Kolvalovsky

As a long-term collector of high-grade antique fishing reels, I am always interested in adding quality pieces, like those seen on this site, to my collection. If you have early fishing reels, like those listed on this site which you wish to sell, please call me on my toll-free business number (at Custom Rod and Reel)

Before you sell your reel or lures, call or e-mail me, Tom Greene...I pay top dollar for quality items

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If you have antique reels, Kentucky reels, big game rods and reels, or fly reels you wish to sell:

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