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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.
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"I
want to buy your antique
BIG
GAME reels"
Always buying
antique bait casting reels, rods and lures
Tom
Greene
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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
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Tom & the crew of Somoya at the US Virgin Islands
Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament |
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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
Visit the
Custom Rod & Reel
website
Tom Greene is a
member of:
National Fishing
Lure Collector Club
Florida Antique
Tackle Collectors
Old Reel
Collectors Association
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Tom Greene & TV fishing expert Mark Sosin
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Search this Fishing Reel Web site
Contact Tom Greene at
Custom Rod and Reel
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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
Especially looking to buy
cardboard boxes for early reels. Paying top dollar for just the
empty box, more with the original reel
See an
extensive list of 'wanted-to-buy' reel makers below
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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
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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
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LEONARD: Leonard-Mills
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ABU GARCIA AMBASSADOR
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KOVALOVSKY: large reels
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BATE: T.H. Bate or T.H. Bate & Co.
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MEEK: B.F. Meek,
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BILLINGHURST
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MEEK: B.F. Meek & Sons
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BLUE GRASS REEL WORKS
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MEEK: Meek & Milam
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CHUBB: Thos. Chubb
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MEEK: JF&BF Meek
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CONROY: J.C. Conroy, Thos. Conroy
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MILAM: B.C. Milam (& Son)
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FIN-NOR: flyreels
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MILLS: Wm. Mills & Son
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FIN-NOR: big game reels
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SAGE: J.L. Sage
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FOSS: Al Foss
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SEAMASTER: Flyreels
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FOWLER: A.H. Fowler
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SNYDER: George Snyder "GS"
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FULLILOVE: Frank W. Fullilove
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TALBOT: Wm. Talbot
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HEDDON: No.'s 30, 35, 40
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VOM HOFE: F. vom Hofe
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HEDDON: No.'s 45, 3-15, 3-24
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VOM HOFE: Julius vom Hofe
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HEDDON: No.'s, 3-30, 3-35, 4-15,
4-18
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VOM HOFE: Edward vom Hofe
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HENSHALL: Henshall-Van Antwerp
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WISNER: C.H.Wisner
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HORTON: Horton Mfg. Co.
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WELCH: Jack Welch
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GAYLE: Geo. W. Gayle ( & Son )
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WHEELER: Wheeler & McGregor
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LEONARD: H.L. Leonard
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WINCHESTER
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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
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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...
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Contact Information for Tom Greene
Photos of
early Big Game Reels from the 1930's and some...
Really Big Game Fish
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This you have to
see to believe it... |
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Tom Greene buys really BIG GAME reels...
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Names of some of the BIG
GAME reels I want to buy...and
see even
more maker
names
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KOVALOVSKY |
MITCHEL-HENRY |
FARLOW |
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COXE |
SCHAUFFLER |
KNOWLES |
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LEE |
FIN-NOR |
STEVENS |
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STEAD |
GAREY |
ATALANTA |
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HARDY |
VOM HOFE |
HOESEL |
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ZWARG |
KLEIN |
TASMAN |
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A full list of
American makers I want |
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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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CUSTOM ROD & REEL
Saltwater Tackle
Outfitters
Visit our
web site
When in the Ft.
Lauderdale-Boca Raton area of Florida, stop by Custom Rod & Reel in
Lighthouse Point on 25th street N.E. and say hello! We are
major outfitters for all big game and saltwater tackle. Our top
quality custom rods are used on some of the best off-shore big game boats
in the world. We ship anywhere in the world.
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Visit our saltwater tackle
outfitters store
We specialize in heavy duty
off-shore tackle for sport fishing boats of all sizes
Lighthouse Point, Florida |
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Look for Tom Greene on TNN Cable TV
Snook fishing with Mark Sosin
and on the ESPN "Fishing Fever"
series reruns
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