3wt Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 Anchor!! Why it is a classic. It's one of those that you eventually hang on the wall as the center of a collection. Just think of all the stories you can talk about as how them big ones got away LOL. Classically heavy and overly complicated. Them big ones will be gettin away because you're trying to use a auto pickup line contraption to fight a fish. Now mounted on a wall...you might have something there...if you can find a way to anchor it without it ripping the drywall down. Don't blame me - you didn't take the advice of the great Sheridan Anderson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheridan_Anderson
Wayne SW/MO Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 Wow, if you listen to many on here you would have to wonder why they manufactured thousands of them and what people who used them for largemouth fishing were thinking. They have drags and largemouth aren't exactly steelhead. Have fun with it junkman and don't worry that you don't have a $300 reel with a super drag to stop a rampaging bass or a stocker trout making a 25' run. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
Trout Commander Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 Wow, if you listen to many on here you would have to wonder why they manufactured thousands of them and what people who used them for largemouth fishing were thinking. They have drags and largemouth aren't exactly steelhead. Have fun with it junkman and don't worry that you don't have a $300 reel with a super drag to stop a rampaging bass or a stocker trout making a 25' run. I heard that those 8" browns they dumped in were spooling people left and right. I have spent most of my money on fly fishing and beer. The rest I just wasted. The latest Trout Commander blog post: Niangua River Six Pack
Members Indiana Trout Posted September 9, 2011 Members Posted September 9, 2011 I used one to land a 19" bow before I "knew better" because that's what I had...Attached to an 8 foot H&I glass rod! Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known. --Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne
3wt Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Wow, if you listen to many on here you would have to wonder why they manufactured thousands of them and what people who used them for largemouth fishing were thinking. They have drags and largemouth aren't exactly steelhead. Have fun with it junkman and don't worry that you don't have a $300 reel with a super drag to stop a rampaging bass or a stocker trout making a 25' run. ...and they remain ever so popular today because of exactly which benefit?
Wayne SW/MO Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 ...and they remain ever so popular today because of exactly which benefit? Well obviously some still find them useful because they still manufacture them. When I was much younger and fished farm ponds a lot I found them useful because I could work the fish with my hand on the line, which I though was smarter than a mechanical drag. While i was doing that I found it nice that my line wasn't tangling in weeds or my feet. I still find myself palming some of my reels, even though i have reels with great drags, like A T Harts. To each his own. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
BackCastingGolfer Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Anchor!! Why it is a classic. It's one of those that you eventually hang on the wall as the center of a collection. Just think of all the stories you can talk about as how them big ones got away LOL. No thanks, I'd rather land the fish and point at the mount on the wall while telling the story.
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