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.

“That Zebco Guy” Dick Braun holds an old black-and-white photo he obtained from Frank Carter, that shows Carter teaching a young Fidel Castro how to use a closed-face reel at a remote Florida location ...

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 ...

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' ...

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.