Here is my pride & joy of my antique lure collection. A 1919 or 1920 C.C. ROBERTS MUDPUPPY, handmade and the first true Musky Topwater made available to the public.

I would have thought there would be lots of discussions extolling the merits of the vintage tackle! Oh well any one wants to talk a bit about vintage Shakespeare Wonderods I"m the dude! SPinning or fly I have em both and use em both. Well I actually have many and use em all at one time or another.

 THANKS
  TOOTY

Hi David, I have never heard of those Wonderrods. Can you tell me a bit about them?

Hi guys, I just got this lure on Ebay. I think it is a Bud Stewart. Do any of you know for sure?

I'M GOING TO POST SOME VINTAGE ROD PICS in the very near future , if anyone is interested. Does anyone know if I can attach  em direct to this group or should I put em on my page?

 TOOTY

use the image icon (2nd from left below the word 'comment 'in the comment section right here tooty .I'd like to see what you post

gonna have to post a few pics of  things I have downstairs to this group.

ALRIGHT John I'll try it tonight and if works I'll do several tonight.
I'd love to see what other folks are hiding in their basements John and I know I can't be the only fanatic out there about this stuff!
TOOTY

HEYJOHN HOW'S THIS ONE! IMHO THESE old Heddon Golden Mark 50s are the most beautiful rods ever made , period. This one is a 4 piece pack rod 8' rated for 7-8 weight line I believe. This one happens to be near mint. I don't think it was fished much and sits in the rod rack next to my recliner now along with two 7' Wonderod Panfish Specials.

 Thanks for the heads up about how to add the pics!!! Hope you enjoy it and if you do I have LLLLLLLLLLots of other rods to take pics of.

TOOTY

TOP HALF of same rod John, all fiberglass ferrules and gold plated snakes. None of gold worn off of the snakes so it wasn't used much. A few minor scratches on the butt end of seat but that's about it.

 Everyone is viewing history here and that's what the kids don't get about this stuff. Not the kids or younger generations fault , they just don't make stuff like this anymore. THEY ARE ANTIQUES LIKE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

look good Tooty keep the pics comin

I'll be on that project alllllllllllllllllllllll night long John and will store the pics and do em as time permits.

Great looking rod there Tooty.

TOP ROD 6'6" MODLE 1267 WONDEROD MADE MARCH 1954 UNDERSPIN MODEL

 NEXT #1444 7'9" FLY WONDEROD MADE SEPT.1960
 NEXT GARCIA 5'ULTRA LIGHT MODEL 2500B

 NEXT MODEL SP-120 7' WONDEROD MADE APRIL 1965 ,100% MINT

 NEXT MODEL NO. 1402 WONDEROD MADE MAY 1960 NEAR MINT

MY TWO FAVORITE LURES BOTH L&S BOTH MINT IN ORIGINAL BOXES

3 NEAR MINT SHAKESPEARE MICE  AND MY TWO FAVORITE L&S MIRROLURE

YA KNOW THE ALLURE of the old stuff is something the younger generation can't appreciate, at least most of the younger generation. My sons have the same appreciation for this stuff as I do . I guess myself and a few other old timers have to carry the torch for this stuff, and I have no regrets having gone back to the stuff of my youth.
  Does anyone actually think most of the graphite rods so revered today would actually be used 50- 60 years from now. Probably not cause they are somewhat fragile , especially in cold weather. Just my opinion of course and what's new and next on the horizon ? More technology I'm sure and I guess that is advancement in some form or other. When these old wonderods were invented I'm sure Bamboo lovers scorned em then also.

 TOOTY

Spoon Les Thompson No.4 ,Jointed 4 piece (Laxy Ike) Rapala original Box (Finland on white Belly stripe) Four Spinners top to bottom :Mepps Lusox 2 Les Davis Bolo 1/3rd oz.,Mitchell France with Flanged Blade,Roto Swing 3 (Swiss Swing style body)

Hey John are those Zebco lures?lllllllllllllllllol I have quite a few of the old Rapalas in the old style box and I think they work different than the newer ones, who knows.

 Good shots and glad you posted em.

I'll have to take a picture of my dad's whole tackle box, haha. But one of our go to ultralights is a 1960's fiberglass fenwick. nice soft, slow action

HEY BILL AND JACOB, can't wait to see pics of the old stuff as I'm nutso for it and use it myself.

This two piece 6'6" fly rod (actually the guides resemble spinning rod )says ACTION model 1970 .Dont know anything about it but Ibelieve its fiberglass. The reel is a Daiwa 760 rated for 4,5, os wt.line .The line is double tapered.I gave a Buddy 30 bucks for everything including a DeLongs flash minnow in an opened  celophane card .(not pictured )

make that a Daiwa 706 4,5,6 wt. reel

I do have some vintage plugs maybe I can put pictures on BBG and maybe someone can tell me what I have.

HEY DICK,
 WISH YOU WOULD PUT SOME pics of the old stuff up. I have alot of books here and can find out alot of stuff for you and I'm sure the other fellas would like to help identify stuff for you too.

I'll try to post some sometime today. Be interesting to see what I have, some of them are actually neat.

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSUPER DICK AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EM!

 i am going to upload several pics into the genral forum

I started putting the pictures somewhere else so I'll start over. 1st batch.

2nd batch

Thanks for posting the pics Dick. You know what all this stuff is ?

 How did you load these pics ah heck i'll just call ya.

Truly awesome vintage that was put to really heavy usages.

3rd batch