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.

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' ...

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 ...

Spincast reels—also known as “push button” or “closed face” reels—get a bad rap. That’s largely the result of the fact that, unlike most “serious” tackle like spinning reels or baitcasting reels, many ...

Zebco 404 Spincast Reel and 2-Piece Rod Combo, $15 (save $15) Zebco Dock Demon Spinning Reel and Rod Combo, $19 (save $6) Zebco Rambler Spinning Reel and Rod Combo, $20 (save $15) Under $40 Zebco 33 ...

Roy Hull (left) and his brother Jerry Hull hold some of the Zebco items they recently donated to the Tulsa Historical Society. Their father, R.D. Hull, invented the closed-case fishing reel, produced ...

Almost every angler will agree there’s a learning curve to using standard spinning and baitcasting setups. Dealing with a tangled bird’s nest of lines is basically inevitable for new fishermen.

Zebco fishing rod and reel in package. The rod is black with silver and orange detailing marked "Centennial TM No. 6100". The Zebco company began as the Zero Hour Bomb Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma in ...