60 years of Tackle

[Lord of the Fly , Rods]

First let me say that the weather patterns this spring has got all my fishing water messed up, work has got me so tied down I feel like a sled dog,everybody I know is graduating from some kind of school,and want you to attend,I feel like I have no free time that is not spoken for, and I'm ready for bed, bream bed, that is the only thing I think that can reduce the stress in my life . The backyard will be dry enought to pull the boat up front and get it ready, I've cleaned my rods and tackle , I'm ready. If the sporting good stores closed there doors tomorrow, I feel like I have enought tackle to last me the rest of my life . My Uncle died 15 years ago, he loved to fish and this wednesday I inherited his fishing tackle which has been in storage for 15 years. It consisted of the history of fishing for the previous 60 years in 4 large tackle boxes. Some of the lures will never see water again,It's quite a treat to see how fishing has evolved in the last 80 years,so now I think it's my job to keep everything fish ready and organized. I guess it just my OCD, and one day someone will say WOW look what I just got I wish I had time to go fish.

[Don Swearingen]

Oh, yeah. I wish I had that old steel telescoping fly rod I had when I was 15. Couldn't cast worth a damn, but it would hang on to a fish! Some of the stuff you have belongs in one of those picture boxes on the wall.

[steve b]

Old fishin' gear, gotta love it. Nothing better than dragging it out on a day not fit for fishing(whatever that may be !) and cracking a beer and enjoying the memories. Have gear from my Dad, uncle, and my Dad-n-law that lives here with me. Heck, some of my gear is 30+ plus yrs old. steve b