Zebco

Founded at Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1949, Zebco is a major manufacturer of fishing equipment. It began with the invention of backlash-free fishing reel by a Rotan, Texas, watchmaker and itinerant inventor named Jasper R. Dell Hull, who was better known as R. D. Hull. After struggling to find a company to manufacture and to market his invention, Hull finally approached the Zero Hour Bomb Company of Tulsa for assistance. In business since 1932 manufacturing electric time bombs used in fracturing oil-well formations, the Zero Hour Bomb Company was experiencing the difficulties common to a single-product company in a shrinking market. They partnered with Hull and produced their first reel, called the Standard, in May 1949. Soon afterward, through regional marketing under the name Zebco the product became so popular that in January 1956 the company changed its name to Zebco and ceased to produce oil-field related materials. Through the introduction of a series of new models featuring high quality at reasonable prices the company continued to expand until 1961, at which time it merged with the Brunswick Corporation. Afterward, they acquired several smaller firms, expanded their national presence, and became involved in international marketing of their growing line of fishing equipment. Hull remained with the firm's production department. He designed twenty-six reels and received thirty-five patents before his May 1977 retirement, soon followed by his death in December of that same year. In 2001 the W. C. Bradley Company bought Zebco from Brunswick, but in the early years of the twenty-first century the headquarters of the nation's best-known fishing gear manufacturer remained in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

ZEBCO Bite Alert Spinning Fishing Reel BASP60-CKL1 With 20lb mono. NEW

QuickSet Anti-Reverse; Built-In Bite Alert; Dial-adjustable Magnum drag; All-metal gears; Ceramic Pick-up Pin Pre-spooled with 20 lb Zebco line;

Zebco 808 Spincast Reel and Fishing Rod Combo, 7-Foot Durable Z-Glass Rod with Extended EVA Rod Handle, Quickset Anti-Reverse with Bite Alert

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Zebco Roam Baitcasting Combo, Green

Zebco 33 Gold Micro Triggerspin Reel

Splash™ Spinning combos has a new bright green color with an aluminum spool, 2 bearing construction and a QuickSet™ anti-reverse system. They feature

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Zebco 33 Micro Gold Spincast Reel

Zebco Slingshot Spinning Combos – Dakota Angler

The Zebco Stinger Spinning Reel is built for style and performance. With a smooth operation, this reel has all-metal gears and a ball bearing drive for smooth retrieves fish after fish. The bright green accent color and pre-spooled fluorescent green fishing line on the Stinger Spin Reel gives it a distinctive look. FEATURES: Sleek & Smooth Pre-spooled with 6 lb.

Zebco Stinger 10 Spinning Reel

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Zebco 33 Micro Triggerspin Reel

Float like a butterfly, sting like a Zebco Bullet MG. Zebco has revolutionized their fastest spincast ever Bullet to create the Bullet MG spincast reel. Retrieving with the same rapidity as Bullet, the Bullet MG hauls 29.6 of line per turn of the handle at a 20% lighter reel weight. This spincast reel allows you to fish using many different techniques because of its extreme speed.

Zebco Bullet mg Spincast Reel