Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

This is an area for discussing history, general information, current pricing trends etc. As with all the forums we won't allow any ongoing auction or sales discussions. This is more for items which sold and are interesting to the forum members.

Moderators: Ken M 44, fishnbanjo

Post Reply
User avatar
JosephR
Sport
Posts: 58
Joined: 09/28/13 19:21
Location: Excelsior Springs, MO
Contact:

Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#1

Post by JosephR »

I have before me a most excellent article that I downloaded last December, entitled "How, When And Where To Fly Fish Lakes." The website was dorber.com which is now "Under Construction" and I can no longer access the article. I'm guessing the owner lost the domain name and someone else snapped it up. In any case, I've noticed that several people in this group are familiar with the site. I'm planning to OCR the article, but there's no author credited and I'd really like to know who wrote it. It's largely because of this article that I'm having a blast fishing our local lakes for bluegills since the nearest trout is about three hours away.

Just to give you an example...

Image

User avatar
bulldog1935
Bamboo Fanatic
Posts: 8709
Joined: 12/20/04 19:00
Location: downtown Bulverde, Texas
Contact:

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#2

Post by bulldog1935 »

I don't know the answer, but the subject searched up 5 pages of topics on FFR
http://fiberglassflyrodders.com/forum/s ... mit=Search

User avatar
JosephR
Sport
Posts: 58
Joined: 09/28/13 19:21
Location: Excelsior Springs, MO
Contact:

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#3

Post by JosephR »

It turned up a bunch here too - that's why I asked. I'll ask FFR too.

User avatar
canerodscom
Bamboo Fanatic
Posts: 2861
Joined: 02/01/04 19:00

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#4

Post by canerodscom »

Jeff ?? and Ray Baugh?? are the guys behind Dorber rods. Have you tried calling the number on the site?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

User avatar
JosephR
Sport
Posts: 58
Joined: 09/28/13 19:21
Location: Excelsior Springs, MO
Contact:

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#5

Post by JosephR »

canerodscom wrote:Jeff ?? and Ray Baugh?? are the guys behind Dorber rods. Have you tried calling the number on the site?
What site? dorber.com is down, apparently for good. That's the problem.

User avatar
canerodscom
Bamboo Fanatic
Posts: 2861
Joined: 02/01/04 19:00

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#6

Post by canerodscom »

There's a number beneath the "Under Construction" logo...


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

User avatar
JosephR
Sport
Posts: 58
Joined: 09/28/13 19:21
Location: Excelsior Springs, MO
Contact:

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#7

Post by JosephR »

canerodscom wrote:There's a number beneath the "Under Construction" logo...
DOH! <facepalm>

Tried it and they were closed, but I'll try them again in the morning.

Thanks.

User avatar
canerodscom
Bamboo Fanatic
Posts: 2861
Joined: 02/01/04 19:00

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#8

Post by canerodscom »

If that doesn't work, look them up in Flippin Arkansas. They are good guys. Or you might contact
Tony Spezio. He lives just up the road from them.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

User avatar
JosephR
Sport
Posts: 58
Joined: 09/28/13 19:21
Location: Excelsior Springs, MO
Contact:

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#9

Post by JosephR »

Called the number and spoke with Ray. Jeff's the one who did the web page and he's retired, so my guess at them having lost the domain was obviously off. Ray's going to try to get hold of him to find out who wrote the article and call me back.

Thanks!

User avatar
Cane Head
Bamboo Fanatic
Posts: 2255
Joined: 12/20/04 19:00
Location: "The Last Best Place"

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#10

Post by Cane Head »

Courtesy of the "Wayback Machine" website:

https://web.archive.org/web/20111211004 ... om/B8.html

And this is to the link to all their articles:

https://web.archive.org/web/20101111092 ... m/TOC.html

Cane

User avatar
JosephR
Sport
Posts: 58
Joined: 09/28/13 19:21
Location: Excelsior Springs, MO
Contact:

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#11

Post by JosephR »

Thanks Cane!

sgallas
Master Guide
Posts: 716
Joined: 12/27/11 11:58
Location: SE Va.

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#12

Post by sgallas »

Cane,
Love the reference to the " Wayback machine". Great show from my youth.

User avatar
Brian K. Shaffer
Bamboo Fanatic
Posts: 3624
Joined: 03/03/06 19:00
Location: EARTH
Contact:

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#13

Post by Brian K. Shaffer »

R.E.B. Ray Brauer - Ray's initials were the front part - Rod was the back part - backwards it is dorber. Or forward the company name - Rebrod.
Ray was the owner - his father Tiny was there a bunch a too. The rod shop was in Flippin Arkansas - before you get to Mtn Home.
In the 1980's thru to late 1999 they were LLBeans premiere finished fly rod supplier.
The 20+ years of awards on the wall were something I used to stare at.

The rod oven was something else to stand next to. The sound, the smells - everything was neat in those real early learnin' days and still is.

I believe they are most known for their version of the short Brunsell's Little Streamer rod... it is graphite.
https://ultralightflyfishing.com/forum/ ... =68&t=6614
Doing business with them was fantastic - what a positive group.
The scraps from that rodshop helped me a long way.
Great folks.
________________

added 4/1/21 at 10pm or so :
Image
Image
" There's no such thing as a fly fisherman wholly satisfied with his casting performance. " ~ Jim Green (1971)
" Just once I wish a trout would wink at me. " ~ Brian Shaffer

Use the SEARCH for justification and reasoning.

User avatar
JosephR
Sport
Posts: 58
Joined: 09/28/13 19:21
Location: Excelsior Springs, MO
Contact:

Re: Anyone know who ran dorber.com?

#14

Post by JosephR »

Late in posting this, but thanks to all who provided the information on Dorber.com. I didn't make it clear that what I was actually looking for was the author of the article that was on the website.

I now have the information I was looking for - the article, How, When, And Where To Fly Fish Lakes was written by Bob Brunsell (3 May 1917 - 12 March 2001).

Thanks again!

Joseph Ruckman
Excelsior Springs, MO

Post Reply

Return to “General discussion”