it has nothing to do with them catching fish or not, its a vintage lure and has collectors value... kind of like a vintage Hardy Perfect, yeah its a great reel, but its collector value exceeds is usefull value...

im getting 438 shipped to me in a couple days... should get double that from the girlfriend as well... the ones im getting were given to the dude by Luhr Jensen himself in a huge box... i may even be buying up all the Birdy Drifters as well, not sure on that tho...