Every angler is a little bit of a collector, but in general, a fishing gear collector has to be a little less of an angler. “The irony of it is we get interested in this and it takes time away from ...

Zebco fishing reels are the most popular reels in history. They are also the most neglected. Granted, they are relatively cheap by today's standards for reels, but they are by no means disposable.

TULSA, Okla. — Jimmy Houston, angler by trade, can tell you a story or two about the big ones that got away. But it’s the reel that got away that gets him down. Houston can remember the first Zebco ...

Zebco fishing rod and reel in package. The rod is black with silver and orange detailing marked "Centennial TM No. 6100". The Zebco company began as the Zero Hour Bomb Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma in ...

TULSA, Okla. -- The manufacturing plant that provided generations of Americans with their first fishing reels shut down Friday after 52 years because the company has shifted production to Asia.

Noel Lyons roamed northwest Arkansas waters as a small boy. A rigged cane pole and a can of worms were his only equipment. At 80 and with health issues, his roaming days are largely over. He’s spent ...

Birmingham's Lawson Richards, a friend for 25 years, showed up at my Springville restaurant the other day to announce he had brought me "a little something." I don't know if it was Richards' ...

A portion of “That Zebco Guy” Dick Braun’s collection with first and last issue reels of several models of Zebco reels at the Old Reel Collectors Association national convention in Tulsa on Thursday.