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**Ken Fortenberry** · April 17th, 2007, 04:06 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

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Ken Fortenberry wrote:
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OK, I got the ball rolling with my reply to BJ...so what is
everyone's/anyone's favorite Herter's stuff, good, bad, or nonsensical,
fishing, hunting, or general sporting goods?
Herter's was a little before my time. I was in a rod building
club in 7th grade and we all built spinning rods using Herter's
blanks, cork, reel seat, guides and thread. The Herter's catalog
was one-stop shopping for rod builders circa 1969.

Huh? You're MUCH older than me, and it wasn't before MY time.
Seriously, they were still producing the "George style" catalogs into,
IIRC, the mid-70s (definitely the early 70s). I think the name is still
around (it was a year or two ago), but it's about like A & F...well,
nothing in sporting goods is THAT bad, but...

And speaking of A & F....

By the time I started doing a lot of catalog shopping and buying
my own fishing gear Herter's was already out of business. I do
remember the Herter's catalog from the late 60's - early 70's but
the only time I remember actually using the catalog was that time
in 7th grade. A lot of folks have memories of some of the more
outlandish and "PT Barnumesque" aspects of the catalog but I don't
remember any of that.

I assume you're talking about Abercrombie and Fitch ? It's funny,
I was looking at old Hardy reels on eBay and a lot of the classic
lightweight series reels for sale were manufactred by Hardy for
Abercrombie and Fitch.

And what's with this MUCH older crap ? Hell, I'm only 50.

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Ken Fortenberry