Reel Manufacturers & Major Distributors - XYZ
YAKIMA BAIT CO. (WORDEN BELLY REEL).
YALE
YAWMAN & ERBE. In 1883 Philip Yawman and Gustav
Erbe purchased the Loomis & Plumb Company of
YOUNG, J. W.
ZEBCO.
(See Zero Hour Bomb Co). A large tackle company in Tulsa, Oklahoma that
was famous for the production of the first closed face spinning reels.
They later acquired Langley, and grew into one of the larger fishing
tackle companies in the United States. The company was sold in 2000.
ZERO HOUR BOMB CO.
Tulsa, Oklahoma. The original name of Zebco. Originally a manufacturer
of oil field explosive devises. In 1947 they hired R. D. Hull, the
inventor of the original Zebco reel, and expanded it into a large tackle
conglomerate. Zebco became the official name of the company in 1956. The
first model closed face spinning reel bears the Zero Hour Bomb Co. name.
ZWARG REELS.
The reels produced by Otto Zwarg are very similar to those of his
employer, Edward vom Hofe. They are very high quality, and due to the
limited number produced, they are certainly rarer than those of Edward
vom Hofe. According to Zwarg collector and historian Norm Pinardi, Zwarg
reels can be dated by the letter prefix in the serial number. A=1946,
B=1947, etc.
