This book covers modern fishing reels and rods and details some of the major changes brought about by the introduction of fiberglas rods. It catalogs miscellaneous fishing collectibles and emphasizes the importance of catalogs, magazines, wholesale house catalogs, decoys, bobbers/floats, bait buckets, split shot tins, leader packs, advertising items, and other significant relics from 1940 until the early 1980s. It covers more than 140 companies not in volume 1, and includes illustrations of the important Shakespeare rods, catalog reprints of other rods, collectible pack rods from the sixties and seventies, Heddon rods of the modern era, and even a field find tackle box from the modern era which will be of serious interest to collectors. AUTHORBIO: Russell E. Lewis is the author of Modern Fishing Lure Collectibles, Volume 1 and Modern Fishing Lure Collectibles, Volume 2, as well as co-author of Captain John"s Fishing Tackle Price Guide. Having collected fishing lures since 1950, he and his wife run a business, Heritage Tackle "n Tiques, where he deals fishing lures online and at antique shows. REVIEW: This book is the second from author Russell E. Lewis, and is filled with full color photographs of modern fishing lures and tackle. A must for lure lovers.