The Nationals is this weekend in Dayton Ohio, I am stuck at home.
I'm not pouting too much, we have a few things coming in and bidding 
on others. I am looking forward to the one in Allentown PA as this is
the only one the Reelman can handle right now. We are hoping to have
new Glass Lures and the Reelman and the Glass Man are still working on
new ideas.
     Have you heard about the Glass Lures? They are made from 100%
Pyrex Crystal, they are hand blown by Ed Hammond the Glass Man from
Troy, PA.  His shop/house is just in Troy and he does all the work 
himself. Right now he has a couple of "students" that he is training
the reelman being one of them, I think the reelman is just up there 
to have fun. Some of his items are, hard to identify.
     Ed,is in say his 40's, and has studied under the Stuben Glass 
Masters for many years. He was located in the New England States and
when his mother got sick he moved his business back to the Troy Area.
We had stopped in his shop to see what he had and started talking and
Merv had asked if he could do anything and got to talking about lures 
and Reels. Before long we were running back to the house gathering up 
some books and a few lures for him to look at as he really wasn't too
up on them. 
     It was a few days when we got a call to come up and see the first 
one. It was astounding really. The Glass hooks fascinated me they 
moved, and it was made out of all Crystal very beautiful. Then he 
started doing different ones, experimenting each one being just as
or more beautiful than the last one. Well if you get to Allentown you
possible might just get to have one yourself.