Vom Hofe had become famous for his precision salt-water big-game bait and casting reels constructed of nickel silver and hard rubber (ebonite), along with recently discovered metal named aluminum.
Joe Jancurias of Rochester, NY was the first maker, who made new Edward vom Hofe flyreels.
For the 150th anniversary of the Orvis fishing tackle company, he made a limited set of "Perfection" models.
Also the geometry of the handle had not been reproduced accordingly following the original vom Hofe formula and so leaving these attempts easily recognizable and discernible.
In 2005, Edward vom Hofe was posthumously inducted into the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame.