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.

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 ...

Every summer, throngs of children line the banks at area ponds on Take Me Fishing Day in hopes of catching their first fish. Many of the fishing novices use Zebco rods and reels, made by the event’s ...

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. (AP) -- The factory that supplied generations of Americans with their first fishing reels shut down after 52 years Friday as Zebco shifted production to Asia. Zebco laid off its last 100 ...

TULSA, Okla. -- The manufacturing plant that provided generations of Americans with their first fishing reels shut down Friday after 52 years because the company has shifted production to Asia.

Shirley Schell works on the final 808 Zebco fishing reels at the Zebco plant in Tulsa, Okla. After 51 years as a fishing reel manufacturer, Zebco closed its Tulsa plant last month. Houston can ...

“That Zebco Guy” Dick Braun talks about a small portion of his collection, covering all the tables at left, during the Old Reel Collectors Association national convention in Tulsa on Thursday.” KELLY ...

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 ...