I am Old! remember these!

[Old plug]

On May 20, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Deadstream said:

Yep, If you can cast that Ambassador you can cast anything.  The bird nests I made with those.  I still have them on my Catfish poles.

As strange as it may sound I ha emore casting trouble  with the new reels. Justhard to adpt when you get old.

[MOPanfisher]

I still have my first baitcasters also.  An old Ambassador 6000 that my uncle gave me, along with a Shakespeare wonder rod.  Determined to learn to cast it, spent a lot of evenings in the yard, casting and picking out back lashes befor I figured it out, or rather my thumb figured it out.  That old 6000 and wonder rod was a beast, I have caught bass, catfish on it and snagged many suckers and carp on it.  When I made a foray into modern bait casters that ended with 3 Shimano Curados lest handers it seemed like it was easy to cast.  Don't use them much any more though, prefer spinning reels most of the time but I will.still keep hem around.  Somewhere I also still have dad's old Diana black gold BG13 reel that was his pride and joy, bulletproof and the only spinning reel that survived the old days.  

[WeekendWarrior]

Dad was over at house and going through his tackle box got all of his old wiggle warts and this guy

[Jerry Rapp]

4 minutes ago, WeekendWarrior said:

Dad was over at house and going through his tackle box got all of his old wiggle warts and this guy

Sputter-fuss?

[WeekendWarrior]

1 minute ago, Jerry Rapp said:

Sputter-fuss

No, a sputterbug 😄. The sputter-fuss is actually older. This one was made in 50s I believe.

[Old plug]

One of the first big bass killer spinner baits ws the Hell Diver. I got one around here somewhere. I have never seen another single spin up with a larger blade on it. 

[Jerry Rapp]

11 minutes ago, WeekendWarrior said:

No, a sputterbug 😄. The sputter-fuss is actually older. This one was made in 50s I believe.

yep. Me wrong. The fuss is more of a Hawaiian wiggler type bait.   I have several of both stored away.  I remember using them both, but never caught anything on them.  But that was back in the day, 1960's where a topwater bait had to sit until the ripples went away, then a plunk or jerk or two, and then let the ripples die away again.

[Old plug]

46 minutes ago, WeekendWarrior said:

Dad was over at house and going through his tackle box got all of his old wiggle warts and this guy

I got a bg black one and still use it now and then

[Quillback]

Dug out some of my old lures.  Top left is a Bomber Long-A (I think), top right is a Heddon Cousin II.  The Cousin II was supposedly made snagless by the wire loop at the nose.  Got both of these lures when I was in high school in the early 70's.

Middle row - A Heddon Lucky 13 and a frog popper type bait I can't identify.  Both were owned by my grandpa.  He probably bought them sometime in the 60's.

Bottom is a plastic mouse, similar to todays frogs.  It's another high school lure, so it's at least 40 years old. 

 

 

[top_dollar]

Does the heddon cousin float or sink?  Its shaped quite a bit like the stutter step lure.