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jeffsod
Post 24 Sep 2009, 13:34 • #1 
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Interesting 1953 Article on Spin Fishing

They Call It Spin Fishing
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bulldog1935
Post 24 Sep 2009, 16:35 • #2 
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thanks Jeff, that is great.
Pretty new stuff there. The first anti-reverse on a spinning reel was patented only 4 years before.
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middlemac
Post 28 Sep 2009, 00:14 • #3 
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A very enjoyable read, thanks for the link.

I also got a kick out of the "supersonic washer" on page 126!
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pearow
Post 01 Oct 2009, 01:50 • #4 
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cool stuff. I'm trying to figure out when the zebco 33 came on the scene nationwide.? Anyone know? I was born in 44 and was fly fishing around 52 or 53; when the 33 came out i got one and started spincasting. had to be around 1954 or 55-p-
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walleyefreak
Post 19 Dec 2009, 14:09 • #5 
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I'm not sure when they came out with the 33 but I know the ones they made when I was a kid back in the 70's in my opinion were much better than the version they make today. Both my father and I had a couple of them and I loved that reel. Actually I think mine is still in my parents basement, been thinking about going and rummaging around to see if I can find it.

Not long after I got married I bought my wife a Zebco combo with the current version of the 33 on it to teach her to fish. I personally didn't like the reel near as much as the one I had. Then again, it could always be my 40+ year old mind remembering the way I thought it was and not how it really was.

WF
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gaddis
Post 19 Dec 2009, 15:03 • #6 
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Acccording to this, the Zebco 33 came out in 1954.
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galleta loco
Post 19 Dec 2009, 16:35 • #7 
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I got this one out of a South Carolina farm pond 1970 with a zebco 33 that I still have todayImage
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walleyefreak
Post 19 Dec 2009, 22:14 • #8 
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Now there is one happy kid! I'm not sure which one is bigger ... the smile or the bass!

Congrats!

WF
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