Hi all! I am kind of a book nut. I have all the versions of the Spin Fisherman. I made it a point to find and order all the books and publications advertised within it's pages, including the one just spoken of. I was careful to get the primo condition exact books with the correct copyright dates in ...

Bache Brown first acquired Luxors from his friend in France and distributed them to clients in the US. These French produced reels were all black in color. When the war in Europe started, he couldn't get the reels anymore and obtained permission to manufacture them in the USA. His Luxors had chrome ...

I put together a new in box collection of these reels. there was the 3000 reels and the 3800 reels to replace the 300 and 308 Mitchells. Garcia also sold a line of 9000 series of reels equivalent to the 900, 908, 302, and 306 only they all had skirted spools and all were made in Japan. They didn't h...

I have a nice collection of the first Luxor reels and their boxes produced by Bache Brown in the USA. Normally they were made in France, but the war had started so Bache, who was an early promoter of the spinning method in the US, produced these reels. My research indicates these were first offered ...