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I have never been one to collect or horde much of anything. Having spent close to 3 decades in the military, it is best not to have to drag to much stuff from place to place.

One thing I would have liked to have picked up more of is old fishing lures. My grandfather sort of collected them. When I was a kid I got a handful of his and still have them. Most of the stuff is from the late 50s, on up to the early 70s.

I bet there are some folks on this site that have some real wing dinger collections of old fishing tackle passed on from generations back.

There were two boys in the family that bass fished as kids, and still bass fish today. Neither of us ended up with my Grandfather's massive tackle box. One of my worthless dope smoking cousins ran off with it, and I am sure the entire collection ended up in a pawn shop.

One thing I did end up with is a 1960s Headdon bait casting reel. I do not used it, but it has always impressed me how nice the fit, finish, and craftsmanship is on these older reels.

I have the reel, the case, and all of the original paperwork, including the warranty card that was never mailed in.


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The best old lures are the ones with stories behind them.

The Headdon Tadpolly was used by my grandfather to land a 40 inch tiger musky. It still has the teeth marks visible.

When I was a kid in the 70s, every old man was a WWII vet. I knew all of them in the neighborhood, and liked to visit and hear their stories. I have a few lures from some of these old men.


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I have a small collection of antique fishing lures. I collect them and old shot up wooden and cork decoys that I wish I could hear the stories they could tell. I'll post up a pic later when I get home.

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Here's a few of mine

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Good looking collection.

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The yellow broken back that has the big silver mouth, was that called a jitterbug? I have fished with almost all those bates. Devil's horse was something else. If you can find a broken back darter that is frog colored, and a orange bellied Palomine, they would still catch fish today in the right conditions.

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caught fish as a kid with those. I bet they would work today too.

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Interesting to wonder if they would still catch fish in the modern era... I assumed they would be just as effective now as in years past. Maybe even better since the fish haven't seen them before... :lol: Sure technology changes, and things always improve, but a fishing lure is a fishing lure. Plenty of old pictures of full stringers back then... If you take away the electronics and innovations in rods and reels, these lures would get it done now as they did then.

That got me to thinking- Would waterfowl decoys of years gone by work as well now as they did then? I doubt that. I swear ducks get smarter and learn from year to year. When I was young 10-12 we shot lots of ducks over 2 liter bottles that were painted and old tires cut in half to look like dark geese in fields. I don't think that would be overly effective now, even up in Canada where the ducks "appear" stupid in late September and October. Of course, old decoys combined with the right location and some gray skys would fool a few no matter what happens. They just wouldn't bring them in like modern decoys would. Just my thoughts.

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I tell you KJH, if I had a Palomine, and fished during spawning season, It may be the only bait I would use. It was a large bait, had three big treble hooks. When you caught a bass, a lot of time it was the side of the mouth or just barely hooked. I was taught to throw it over a in water deep enough for spawning, but not too deep, let it sit, and it would aggravate a bass. They were trying to get rid of it rather than trying to feed on it it seemed. And it was sort of crawfish colored.

Duckhunting with my dad was something in the late 60's and early 70's. No camo, no dogs, no decoys, no nothing. Shotgun, call, in the wooded swamp was it. Always good for two or three ducks. And always in the late afternoon.

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I got these from my grandma. There was close to a hundred all in an old first aid box. Most all are handmade.

I'll second the June bug. I use the lizard more than worm but it's my go to soft lure.

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TPerkins.

I really like how you have those displayed. They look good.

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Appreciate It RangerP! Pic doesn't do it justice. Bass is a skin mount from my other grandpa. Don't know an exact date but the phone number has letters in it.

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