Graphite too Expensive?
Today’s story, Graphite too Expensive, looks back a couple years after the introduction of the graphite rod and how the prices had come down.
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Tag: Bass Pro Shops
Basketball Coach Topwater Guru
Today’s Friday Finale, Basketball Coach Topwater Guru, is a quick look back at Zara Spook guru Charlie Campbell from 1963
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The Harkins Lunker Lure
Clunn added an air of mystery about a ‘secret’ topwater lure he used to excite his first-round catch that included the daily lunker leader, a five-pound largemouth.
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BPS Museum and Original Site
A few years later, after starting this site, I determined the original Brown Derby Bass Pro Shops was a few blocks away from the new BPS. If I ever got back to Springfield, I’d have to find the original.
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The Out House 1977
Here’s a look back to 1977 and Ray Scott’s the Out House mail-order tackle catalog. The Out House started in 1973 and lasted through the 70s
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Ray Scott and the Out House
By 1973 he pretty much owned those parts of the market. Was there anything else he wanted in his empire? Evidently he wanted to expand into the tackle business and thus, the story of Ray Scott and the Out House mail-order catalog.
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The Beginning of Packaged Boats
Of course, Morris had founded the Bass Pro Shops brand, a combination store and mail order catalog business, a few years before. That operation and his experience fishing the BASS Master Tournament Trail gave him a good idea of what the fishing public wanted in the way of fishing and boating accessories.
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