ANTIQUE REELS

Kentucky, Fly, Collectible & Big Game Fishing Reels 

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

Tom Greene

'Custom Rod & Reel' Store Phone: (954) 781-5600

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Talbot 'Ben Hur' fly reel

Talbot Reels in approximate order introduced

  • Earliest models were numbered with single digits: #2, #5, etc. and marked "W. H. Talbot, Nevada, Mo."

  • Later the marking was changed to "W.H. Talbot Co., Nevada, Mo."

  • Next came the "William H. Talbot Reel Company, Nevada, Mo."

  • Then the "Talbot Reel & Manufacturing Company, Kansas City, Mo."

  • Reels were marked Premier #3, etc.

  • Reels were later marked with double digits "model 21", 23, 43, etc.

  • The last reels used names like: Ely, Comet, Star, Meteor, Mars, Club, Niangua.

  • Talbot also made contract reels for dealers like Schmelzer, Vim, VLA, and Simmons Hardware companies with other names like Tomahawk, Whitebear, and Lotus.

 

If you have early fishing reels you wish to sell, please call me at my business number (Custom Rod and Reel):

Antiquereels.com

Tom Greene's personal antique reel collection 2014

 

Reels for sale, click here for purchase instructions

 

 

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

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www.innovativefishingtackle.com   (Reel Crankie & Tri-Shear products)

 

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