Spinnerbaits have been an April /June Bass Bait for me .White and Chartruese for me as well.

Thank you Derrick that is nice to know. I know I liked the Bagely Balsa Baits when I did a lot of Bas fishing but didn't know if they were still in business. I gave up most of my Bass fishing years ago found out I catch as many if not more fishing foe Bluegills. I caught a 6 pound Bass this year on vacation on a 1/16 oz jig with a 1 1/2 inch twister tail on 4 pound fluorocarbon line. It got in the weeds and I thought I was going to loose it but finally landed it. Thank you for your input it is much appreciated.

Greg- Is this one of your favorite lures .It's in my 4-8 lb test Crankbait box and dont use it much but I used it a few times. I always thought it was a Rebel but now after your post maybe its a shallow running Manns Quarterback.

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The lip is not very wide .

Shamano Bantam Mag

Shamano Brush Buster for flipping

Bantan 100 by Shamano

The original Garcia 5500c which started the Bass fishing tournament craze.

The 2500c small cousin to the 5500c uses less line and only half as big.

Shimano Black Magnum 100GT

Favorite Top WATERS!!!!!!

Derrick, You are right on the first 2, and probably the third one I am not sure!!!!!! My UNCLE RAY gave me that one plus several other and my first tube!!!! WOW that was 40 years ago, he also drew me a map to ROMAN NOSE LODGE, and caught bass all afternoon on the green and yellow one!!!!!!!! I did not catch another fish on that one till 16 years later!!!! If history repeats, it should catch fish in 9 more years!!!!!!! I get back to you on that!!!!

COUPLE OF FIRST PLUGS!!!!!!

BATCH #2 LEO AND JEFF SUCHMAN

THANKS DICK FOR YOUR HELP POSTING THESE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!!!!!!

The THIN FIN collection GREAT for SANDBASSIN!!!!!!

Greg, freaking awesome stuff!

Tooty!! Man, you're trying to make us sell our own body parts for these rods now?! LOL Great collection!

David, Had a WONDER Spinning rod , if those FLY-ROD's are anything like that THEY are AWESOME!!!

HEY LEO,
 I THINK IF YOU SIGN UP FOR MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS that they pay cash!!!! send me some cash!!!!!!

HEY GREG, YUP the old wonderods were all made the same way the spinning rods were. The fly rods came first however and then the spinning rods were introduced after them.

Tooty they all look like twins. Does that mean there the same age or same rating or just the colors that they used. Nice vintage rods, I wished I'd of kept the ones I had.

Thanks Dick and they are all about the same age . You can use 5 weight on all three rods and the bigger one on the bottom will take a 6 no problem at all. The top two are 7' and the bottom is a 8'6" . If you click on the individual pics you can see the rod inscription details. I wished I had my first one too Dick but like an idiot I sold it about 25 years ago and haven't seen it or the fella who bought it again.

YUP that guy ran away to Vinatge heaven with gills galore never to be seen or heard from again !!  ha ha A place we have and tell

nobody !  Our honey hole !? Yes ??

Well the ole sorcerer of vintageness has struck again !

looks like I will be on a diet for next couple monthes !

broke open my piggy bank, will have to live on pork & beans and use a toothpick to ration myself ! Peanut butter & mac / cheese is too high off the hog ! How am I going to hide these from my wife ??

maybe mail them to my brother ? yes !

Those are dandy rods !!

Great job David !!  I hope my family doesn't grow too much, nieces & nephews ya know !! Uncle Jeff hmmm  I sure like those............................   yup !!!  hail that is why we work !!

talk at ya later David !!  

Two of my favorites, although I don't think I ever caught a fish on them!!!! But it felt like you had a fish on the whole time you was reelin it in.....

There they are!, Hellbenders!

HEY JEFF,

  DON'T HIDE EM FROM YOUR WIFE, JUST GET HER ONE TOO!

NICE old truck there buddy and looks like it could haul at least a HUNDRED VINTAGE RODS!!!!!!!!!!!!

John, I found some with their BOXES!!!!!

How about a BALSA WOOD CRANK BAIT still in it package!!!!! Price tag $3.25!!!

I got that one also Greg but I think I paid a little more than $3.25.

Dick, Been out to my FOLKS, and found DAD's TACKLE BOX!!!! SEVERAL TREASURES  to post!!!!!  :-)

I dig that Bill Norman double prop!

These are all vintage reels and top tow are Pfluger Progress models one on right new in box. Middle reel is a Shakespeare Au Sable model excellent condition. Bottom three are all JW YOUNG reels made in England. Super reels and 3 different sizes . MIddle young is near mint and a salmon model . All three Youngs are Beaudex models.

You've been holding onto these all these years? Excellent conditions.

Nice looking reels Tooty. They look new they don't look old.

Thanks Dick and Leo, yup these are old Dick, but very nice examples of course. Leo no I"ve only gotten these 6 in the last few months. Gonna a put a couple on some old rods I have here!

Some of these old style baits , WIDOW MAKERS, are still made today and look like the old Fliker Spinners. Anyone remember those! Used to be great fly rod baits from 50 years ago. I must have 10 more full cards of these baits and never know when something will be unavailable again. Told my kids for years , WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS, BUYEM ALL CAUSE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY'LL QUIT MAKING SOMETHING. SAME goes for the old Arbogast fly rod frogs underneath the Widow Makers......

Ya know these old baitcasters was all cutting edge technology 50-60 years ago and all our fathers and others had back then. We've come along way with the advent of Solid and then Hollow glass rods. Then followed by the wonder fiber Graphite and on to Boron mixes. Well guess what is old is new and what's new is old sometimes. Guess some bass anglers going back to glass rods because of the usually more limber tips ..........

That's an oldie casting reel looks to be in great shape for sure.

These are my collection of LITTLE SAC BAIT CO. lures. Made by a fella named LANIER FEEMSTER , out of Springfield Mo. Great modern baits made the old fashioned way, with WOOD and by hand ...... Great new old style stuff.......

All I can say is, "YOUCH!!"

5 trebles = one nasty hookup, or one ultra effective way to lip/snag/impale the victim.

HEY LEO what you doing , following me around here ? HHHHHHHHA HHHHHHHA AND YUP those lures are hookers for sure !!!!!! The guy does beautiful work doesn't he ......

I sure am master. Incredible workmanship. He managed to put that many hooks on a wooden body, and not fear of the hooks just snapping off. That's confident in his work.

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Fantastic looking  Dual Prop Baits Tooty !!