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Opening day at Bennett Spring circa 1945


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Posted
1 hour ago, netboy said:

Cool video...

 

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"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

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I didn't see anybody wearing chest waders, but lots of hip boots.  And did you see all the cool old cars?  Great video, hard to imagine that was going on while WWII was still raging.  There weren't a lot of young guys there if you notice.

Posted
45 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

I didn't see anybody wearing chest waders, but lots of hip boots.  And did you see all the cool old cars?  Great video, hard to imagine that was going on while WWII was still raging.  There weren't a lot of young guys there if you notice.

  One old boy walking off the dam bottom with chest waders. A fellow with his limit of beers in a net. Lots of automatic fly reels. I may have a few vintage ones of those. Fun to fish with but will wear you out because of the weight. Also seen Bing Crosby with his pipe and upturned fedora. Speaking of that many of those fedoras like Grandpa Horn wore. I may need to start wearing mine to the river like Grandpa. 

  Grandpa Horn lake of the woods Canada. Not sure when. 

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"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

BilletHead

Posted
2 hours ago, Terrierman said:

I didn't see anybody wearing chest waders, but lots of hip boots.  And did you see all the cool old cars?  Great video, hard to imagine that was going on while WWII was still raging.  There weren't a lot of young guys there if you notice.

Yeah my gramps was probably somewhere in France in the spring of 45.  I'm kind of surprised they raised trout during the war.  

Posted
1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

And miraculously they worked hard, consumed lots of liquor, ate lots of bacon, seldom washed their hands, never went to the doctor, & lived long 🤔

            You only hear about the survivors not the ones passing. Just like you hear bad news, and it spreads like wildfire while the good news goes silent. If everything was good news no one would have anything to complain about .

   BTW I seen you in this old film also. Might have been an ancestor but he really looked like you. A little stick for a bobber and a wad of worms below it. Yes, a cigarette hanging out of your mouth. Must have worked out for you because last fall when I saw you, I did not think you looked too bad for that age 😁

"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

BilletHead

Posted
2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

            You only hear about the survivors not the ones passing. Just like you hear bad news, and it spreads like wildfire while the good news goes silent. If everything was good news no one would have anything to complain about .

   BTW I seen you in this old film also. Might have been an ancestor but he really looked like you. A little stick for a bobber and a wad of worms below it. Yes, a cigarette hanging out of your mouth. Must have worked out for you because last fall when I saw you, I did not think you looked too bad for that age 😁

Look at this here lid, and hippers !  👍 

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My folks had nursing homes when I was growing up.   I spent A LOT of time hanging out, playing checkers, and learning cool stuff from VERY old dudes who's families just didn't come around much anymore.    It was sad as hell now that I think about it......but those old dudes lived a long LONG time.    Longer than they wanted to, if you really wanna know.  😢

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