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Just sitting today looking and thinking about old times.These were my Grandpas old lures.I have had them since i was a young boy.Just thought that they might be interesting to look at for some of the younger guys.They are wood and just about all of them came out of the 50's.
nice
Those are cool!!!!
Very very nice i have some of my grandpas stuff 2 .
Nice memories.
How neat! I have found a couple of reels just like that, the ones I have are Sunbeam brand, one is on a stainless steel rod, pretty cool.
I have all my dad's old stuff. No wood....I guess they invented plastic by then! :D But I do have an old reel like that. Bearings are froze (if they even used bearings in those?) so it doesn't turn or barely turns. But it has that same, thick, cloth-like line! Sweet!
Sweet.
i have several of those old reels. some new in the box with papers and probably over 30 of the old steel rods with the old reels on them. in fact a room full of old fishing stuff. wish i'd collected the old lures but even the "old" plastic lures/plugs are collectible now. everything becomes collectible. i even have a spool of that cortland line like that arky. you should build a shadow box and mount that stuff in it and hang it on your wall. i did one with old fishing stuff from my dad's tackle box and also put two of the old arkansas metal license holders in it with his old fishing license in one and his old hunting license in the other and a picture of him holding a 5lb bass he caught on a fly rod. if you can find a picture of your grandpa with some fish put that in there too.
I had an old tackle box of my G PA, one of those metal two sided tray deals with 3 trays that folded in. Had a couple Pfluger reels like your photo, some of that type line and of course the Creek Chubs, funky spoons, plugs, and what nots. He died when I was real young but I remember he always dressed up. We went fishing and he had on slacks, a dress shirt and probably a tie. Pretty cool stuff
I bet they caught their fair share in their day.....gotta love the oldschool stuff.
That's really cool stuff. We're running short on oldtimers here too. Lost my grandpa last nite. I've got some of stuff of his that I can take out and look at, and remember. He gave me an old metal compass a few years ago that he carried for years fox and coon hunting. The paint is wore off from use. I use it duck hunting in the woods now, very neat to have something with that kind of history with you.
Sorry to hear about your grandpa, TT. Glad you got some memorabilia. Treasures, for sure!
Love it!
Sorry for your loss......Quote:
Originally Posted by talltimber
I love old hunting and fishing stuff like this--thanks for sharing!
tall, sorry to hear about your grandpa. i'm glad i got to meet him that day we met about the boat.
Thanks everyone for your sentiments.
Sorry for you loss Bro. Hollar if you need anything.
Sorry to hear TT. That compass has a value above and beyond currency. I have a few momentos of my Granddad's too that will stay with me.
I took 12 of my Grandma and Grandpa's lures and made a shadow box clock out them. Attached them with thread so they wouldn't be damaged. Was a very theraputic project for me. Golly I miss them.
Cool stuff. I have my grandfather's old 1950's Elgin 7.5 hp motor that he used on Stockton for many many years........ we caught some pretty repectable crappie in front of that motor back when I was a kid, so I'm glad that I was able to keep it after he passed. They were cleanin out the old homestead after my grandmother was moved to a nursing home, my dad called me and asked if I wanted the old motor (no one else wanted it so they were going to put it up for sale in an estate sale), took me about 2 seconds to say heck yea I want it. I hope to get it running one of these days and maybe even take it out and use it again....... it ran fine the last times that he took it fishing, I think it just needs a little TLC and it'll run like a champ again.
Thanks for sharing.