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Fishing aficionado is always on lookout for a great catch Warrenville man's extensive collection of antique lures, reels fills his home.(Special Section)

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From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Date: 20010321
Author:Wallace, Diana

Byline: Diana Wallace Daily Herald Staff Writer

Step into Dan Basore's Warrenville home and his life's passion practically reaches out and hooks you.

Spread out on the dining table are dozens of antique fishing reels - some that date back before 1900, some in leather cases with elaborate, homemade designs, some rare manufacturer's prototypes.

In another corner are hundreds of colorful fishing lures, tacked onto poster boards underneath walls graced with fish paintings and a framed photograph of renowned angler and author Zane Grey.

But that's just the tip of the ...

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