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Record and ABU  Catalogs

 These catalogs fall into 2 broad types: 

1. Those dedicated to and produced by ABU ( in 14 languages)

2. General Purpose usually collated ABU equipment lists,  from other manufacturers around the world


   Click  on the current 2017 Swedish digital ABU Garcia catalog

USA catalogs here, including Garcia, Zebco and Burke Industries

 

ABU/Record worldwide catalog phenomonen!

I have most English Tight Lines and Swedish examples to share here.

I am looking for English TL  1956, 1957,1959, 1962,  and (Swedish N&N are now completed)  if anyone can help .

I do have quite a collection of doubles in many languages to swap.

I am looking for any Russian, Czech, Polish, Spanish ABU catalog

My most recent and treasured paper acquisition was this group of professionally bound ABU Tight Lines catalogs starting from the beginning here in 1957 , obviously omitting 1963 as it was never printed, and ending with 1972. I would like to acquire the next few volumes from 1973 to 2001 when the Tight Lines ceased to be published. If you can help, please contact me via this site abuadmiral@gmail.com

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While the original Swedish first sales advice re ABU products appeared from  1941, the first able to be read by rest of the English speaking world was the  Record Fishing Tackle , followed by the " You Can Rely of Record" and  the official English language Tight Lines Catalogs for nearly the next 50 years. Of course, the Swedish  "Napp och Nytt" started in 1948 and still continue to this day.

1956 ABU Tight Lines,

(first shared here by Mike Elsworth of Wales UK

1957 ABU Tight Lines.

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1958 Tight Lines ....

(Now confirmed that this catalog was never printed)

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1959 ABU Tight Lines


1960 ABU Tight Lines


1961 ABU Tight Lines

A Unique  1961 ABU Selected Products Catalog



Click to enjoy all the pages of this catalog

1962 ABU Tight Lines



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1963 ABU Tight Lines 

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Many thanks to Hans van der Pauw  in Holland, for advice on ABU's  non printing of the 1963 Tight Lines.

TL  1963 does NOT exist. After TL 1962 the TL 1964 was released, probably a short time before the Napp och Nytt 1964 catalog.  For For  TL 1964 they used the cover and contents of Napp och Nytt 1963

A Unique  1963 ABU Selected New Products Catalog

Images kindly supplied by Sven Eriksson Gothenburg


1964 ABU Tight Lines

A Unique  1964 ABU Selected New Products Catalog

 

1964 Svangsta Casting Championship Results





1965 ABU Tight Lines

Full catalog scans will be released each year on their  5oth Anniversary


My personal connection with ABU started via lures from 1966 and the Tight lines catalogs available in local tackle stores.

This trade catalog below ,  I never knew about until a couple of years's ago ,  when I just bought it from Anders in Sweden.

There is a lot of useful info (despite being in Swedish)  within, and I learned that the Toby BGL which I loved using, was just released this year. I was using it  and Hilo as my first ( ABU ) lure experiences.

I would have to wait till next year to get a hold of the fabulous ABU Killer aka Rebel Company from USA which Len Borgstrom bought! I never saw the first style Killers here in Australia, mainly due to limited range at my local fishing tacklle outlets. They were available in the big cities, I have since learned.

These pages were primarily intended for staff at retail sales points. Click on each for complete page scans

  

1966 ABU Tight Lines

 

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Hans has his nostalgia Tight Lines 67 page here.

1967 ABU Tight Lines 

IS ANYONE AWARE OF LATER ABU NEW or TRADE CATALOGS FROM 1967 ONWARDS?


1968 ABU Tight Lines ....... 



1969 ABU Tight Lines .......



1970 ABU Tight Lines ....... the latest ABU TL catalog release to be  found on this site


Click on each for complete page scans

Around the world......and Over the years.....


Numerous Phamplets, catalogs, booklets, fliers over time and place ,  were informative and tastefully compiled to attract and interest fishers.

Behind the Iron Curtain in Russia

( this a 16 fold flier)









UK champ Dave Thomas and the ABU 506 with coarse fishing.


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Double-sided 3 part folded ABU Phamplet from 1981


Some fine examples of the Swedish ABU Tackle Catalogs from the start in 1948 are wonderful to read and imagine flicking through the pages and making tackle decisions of the year. I own many but  friend Mikael Risberg  has kindly let me use his previously scanned Napp och Nytt front covers to to save me many hours work!

I now  own most copies of the English Tight Lines and  all Swedish Napp och Nytt catalogues and have some in double  and would love to swap my doubles for ABU Record items of interest to me.

I am intrigued at knowing the full extent of ABU's global domination of the fishing world brought about by the production and distribution of their free catalogs. English, Irish, Swedish, German, Netherlands, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, French, Spanish,  Polish, Czech and Russian are some  I have heard of. I would love to secure a copy of these highlighted in red to share here. Perhaps there are more?

          

English                      Swedish

                  

Norwegian                     Finnish

 Italian catalog named Tight Lines   

 German Petri Heil

Friend Christian, ex-patriot Swede living in Austria, has sent me this collection of German language ABU catalogs.

                                                             

                         
 
           French   first appeared as Bonne Peche in 1956 then under ABU Year Dates later, below
Note F on on spine of 1982 issue



and no F as this 85 catalog  is a thinner folded and not  spined catalog

  

The Dutch/Belgium issue was built on
the German style Petri Heil catalog



You will notice some minor variations in these 4 Dutch Petri Heil ABU catalog
 


The Irish or Eire ABU catalog
was identical to the English Tight Lines with the exception of Eire being printed on the spine



Hungarian ABU Catalogs from 1975 and 1978 below





 Help finding one copy of these countries below  would be appreciated

          

       

Portuguese to appear here soon    

  

          Spanish   and     Russian (needed)

       

           Polish (needed)           Czech (needed)

Some ABU Catalog anomolies here

 

Just want to tell about the Norwegian Napp og Nytt catalogues.The first Norwegian catalog came out in 1957.But the front page on the 1957 and 59 catalogs was with Swedish text at the frontpage, inside it was Norwegian text. The 58 catalog was with Norwegian text at the front and inside the catalog.


STRANGE! WHY I WONDER?

 From 1960 and today there is all in Norwegian. The catalogs on the picture are Norwegian catalogs with Swedish text on the front page. I don't have the catalog from 58 in Norwegian text.

Bye again,
Mvh  Trond


Note:  These English French and German variations of 1956 ABU Catalogs and 1955 Rely on Record Special catalogs marketed in England and Spain.

More interesting info on French ABU catalogs has come to light due to my friend Jim Partridge (UK).

 At one time the French ABU catalogs were named Bonne Peche (1971)  and later they were named in English "Tight Lines" being published in French language up to at least 1985

Likewise my Japanese copy from the same anniversary year 1971, it is titled on the cover as Tight Lines but published in Japanese.

I guess English was thought to be  the universal language, but it does not explain why German, always named Petri Heil and other from Europe has their distinctive catalog names.


Paul Berghaus really got ABU going int he early days with massive purchases of their Record and ABU reels named Pebco.

This 1960 Fiskredskap catalog from 1960 is facinating as it shows their huge inventory of fishing equipment for sale. It is interesting as we can trace much ABU fishing equipment here and also see products from other companies. Click this cover image to look at selected pages.



Some general purpose Outdoors products companies like the one below sold quality shooting and fishing equipment and issued their  own dedicated catalogs



Click on    Allt för jakt och fiske   below


Catalog


Did you know a German or Austrian company by the name of Rossler actually produced a high quality fishing catalog in 70's and 80's which featured (independent from the Swedish catalogs) their own formatted advertizements for our beloved ABU products?

Look for high quality scans of relevant pages from 1978 issue here, soon as time permits.

More here later courtesy of Jan Eggers contacts!

Click on Rossler or Kilwell Covers below


 

 


Catalogs mentioning ABU were also produced by the Kilwell Company in New Zealand

Kilwell of NZ produced a 50th Anniversary catalog for ABU and other manufacturers as well as their own

Here John Fishkat shares the Certificate of Incorporation which tells of the ABU connection to Kilwell from 1964 to 1985


 

Catalogs mentioning ABU were also produced by the Kilwell Company in New Zealand


A UK ABU angler and collector John Cheyne has kindly shared a mail order catalogue here

 



 


Milbro Seanson 1963 Catalog


 

Please share you findings on ABU catalogs here.

I still seek to buy a 1960 Tight Lines Catalog if you have one to sell.

    

 

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