Art of Jig tying

[beyondthebuoys]

Just joined Crappie.com and this was my first thread to be reading,and it's great! Thanks guys!!
Some WW2 technology I believe developed into fishing industry items as exemplified by Dupont and Zebco.Would like to research the details of late 40's early ,50's fishing tackle .

[skeetbum]

What beyond the bouys spoke of. The Zero hour bomb company had all the needed stuff to manufacture bombs, but no war to sell them to. Went to the patent and bought a patent for a fishing reel. Most of us have used the descendants of that patent at least once in our lives, to some of us it's our left hand man, the Zebco push button reel. History is cool sometimes. Welcome to the best family oriented fishing forum there is, and a big, warm Hello from Middle Tennessee.

[Crappiekiller3]

Skeetbum is right on! Around 1947 Zero Hour Bomb Co. made a product to
drop in oil wells to get more oil, but their patent was running out. A watchmaker from Tulsa went to the company to show them a proto type
fishing reel. He showed it to the President who was not a fisherman. The Pres then sent for a couple of his foremen to look at the device. The proto type
was merely a bunch of nails in a circle on a board. He explained it was much better than all the backlashes and problems with baitcasting reels. He tied his car keys to the line and threw them out the window. Long story short,
they hired him on the spot for $500.00 per month. The first year they made
2500 reels and were sold out instantly and the rest as they say is history.

I am a reel collector and have 4 of the first Zebco's with Zero Hour Bomb Co
on the foot of the reel. Only the first year had this on the foot. I always wondered where the name Zebco came from and pursued this story.