Pompano
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How to know if you have Too Much Fishing Tackle?
---If you cannot get a bicycle into your garage because it's too full of fishing gear.
I was compelled to go look after reading a fisherman's ad...."Help! Need Garage Space, Must Sell Some Tackle."
Psychoanalyst's may mention a compulsion to hoard.
I say....it's a candy store.
I made a very small dent...not even enough for a broom.
Even had stuff for crabbing.
That garage scene reminded me of another 'collector'...Zane Grey
All in all, I came away with my head full of ideas..
For when you think the world's going to hell in a handbasket...take a kid fishing.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Loretana
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LOVE!!
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
-Nikola Tesla
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Reeljob
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BRAGGIN OR COMPLAININ?
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Sweetwater
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Ummmmm.........
There's no such thing as "Too Much Fishing Tackle"
OTOH, I've seen many stores that weren't that well stocked....
Everbody\'s preachin\' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King
Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832, German writer, artist and politician)
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
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Skipjack Joe
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It's too much
... when you start to neglect some of your tackle. When parts start to rust.
And yes, I watch the Andy Griffith Show every night these days. Don't care what the new generation thinks of that. It's such a simple show. No great
comedians, twisted plots, or great writing. Just life meandering onward like a slow river.
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willardguy
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how much for the jar of purell sanitary wipes?
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redhilltown
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Take a "kid" fishing?
I think we're all kids!!! 
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Bubba
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There's some nice gear there too.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bubba
There's some nice gear there too. |
Yeah, that guy was really in to the Pro Gear reels.
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Skipjack Joe
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This guy needs to hook up with Imelda.
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Pompano
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You never know what you'll find...
You gotta love garage tackle sales. One of my hobbies is collecting fishing gear....rods, reels, and LURES. I've got a few over the years, but am
always on the prowl for something like this one:
'The Heddon Frog'
One of the world's rarest lures, this lure was hand-carved in 1897 by James Heddon of Dowagiac, Mich.
Heddon was one of the world's largest producers of honey: He gave this lure to honey distributors as an incentive for them to buy his honey.
The Heddon Frog is a hand-carved wooden frog with a single hook on each leg and a treble hook dangling from its belly. It has protruding black eyes
and a line tie at its mouth.
Valued today at $30,000. Makes rummaging through those garage tackle sales exciting. You just never know...
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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55steve
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I used to toss Zara Spooks & Lucky 13's back in the day - really makes me wish I would have held on to that old stuff!
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 55steve
I used to toss Zara Spooks & Lucky 13's back in the day - really makes me wish I would have held on to that old stuff! |
Yes, I know what you mean about the Spooks. Learned that trick with my Dad a long time ago and am still tossing a couple of my own today...as in
'walking the dog'. Works equally well for big pike up north in Canada, too. Get in close to the weed line, walk the dog, and Hang ON!
Got some of the oldtimers on this board, with my all-time favorite since childhood...The Lazy Ike.
[Edited on 1-23-2014 by Pompano]
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Cappy
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What a beautiful thing. My wife collects shoes and me lures
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Bubba
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Cool lures. I think I see a Jitterbug and Hula Popper maybe?
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
| Quote: | Originally posted by 55steve
I used to toss Zara Spooks & Lucky 13's back in the day - really makes me wish I would have held on to that old stuff! |
Yes, I know what you mean about the Spooks. Learned that trick with my Dad a long time ago and am still tossing a couple of my own today...as in
'walking the dog'. Works equally well for big pike up north in Canada, too. Get in close to the weed line, walk the dog, and Hang ON!
Got some of the oldtimers on this board, with my all-time favorite since childhood...The Lazy Ike.
[Edited on 1-23-2014 by Pompano] |
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bubba
Cool lures. I think I see a Jitterbug and Hula Popper maybe?
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Good call, Bubba, along with a Mad Mouse, River Runt, 5 of Diamonds, etc...great old-timers, all ....and will still produce plenty of strikes if I
were to use them.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Phil S
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Thanks P. for the heads up on lures. Makes me think about my dads old huge fishing box sitting around somewhere in my older bro's shop/garage. His
fishing goes back to the mid teens when he fished the North Umpqua River up near Steamboat, running into Zane Grey on occasion who liked the same
steelhead hole dad fished. Wonder if he has one of those green frogs like you showed here in that box. I still have his bamboo fly rod, that hasn't
been used in maybe 30 years by me. Is that a sign of old age? Kind of been feeling like that until this morning on the news, a video of this 105
year old swimmer.????? Yikes. I'd better get out & start walking a couple miles a day. My 79 is NOTHING yet!!!!!!
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Pompano
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It's a reminder to all of us who had fishing families. Besides being a family keepsake, it might indeed be worth a small fortune! Who knows what
treasures are in that old tackle box?
I have my Dad's old double sided wood tackle box....and it still brings up some priceless memories from those early days. Which brings to mind this
great quote about fishing and lures:
“My biggest worry is that my wife (when I’m dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.”
And you're right, Phil...at 79 you are still way too young to compete with those 100 year olds!
[Edited on 1-27-2014 by Pompano]
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