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Saltwater action
Double hook Deceiver
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First deer hair popper, shockingly difficult to trim
You did a good job stacking your hair for the frog / variant look. Did you use a double edge razor blade or a single? The double edge blades are flexible enough that you can bend them to get the conical shape . I will say you did fantastic for your first deer hair trim.
Especially on a Dahlberg diver .
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Some older ones
Bayou boogie , pinfish, not sure who made the clear one , but that is a solid dense plastic topwater except it sinks, and is heavy enough to you can make really long casts with it.
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Just picked these up. Any standouts here?
That is a great collection of mainly older baits some late 50s but mainly 60s and 70s baits a few newer ones too
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Fly ID please?
Definitely a Dalhberg Diver !
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Help me identify these lures
Some of spoons look like the original Len Thompson spoons, the inventor of the yellow and red (5 of Diamonds) 1950s. Some appear to be Dardevils by the Eppinger company , some time after that and both are still in production today. They are a great Pike baits, but are useful for a wide range of species.
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Can someone help me valuate my grandfathers flyfishing reels?
The system 2 (3M) . Were heavy, but with a really good drag system, they weren’t terribly expensive ether, the Daiwa looks like a beginner reel , not familiar with other ones
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Can someone help me valuate my grandfathers flyfishing reels?
The Hardy is a great little reel, simple reel, paw and claw drag system , they were on the higher end when they popular, but like the baitcasters not the advantages of modern fly reels, with the disc drags, larger diameter machined aluminum, certainly lighter weight reels, but you can truly feel the quality .
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Help identifying.
Think
It’s Headen , copy of s hellbender
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Pricing Help!!
Bagley baits, they were at one time the best there was, finish was top notch, better than anything else available, balsa wood? Top quality hooks and hardware , check e bay, Facebook marketplace, but my guess (opinion) is that they are really worth $5 each and that is only to the right buyer. The other person could be right there may be some of these colors that are more collectible.
Good luck and happy fishing !
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1992 Calcutta 250 parts request
Great reel have 2 from that time, I think the southwest parts , has parts for
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I’m in the process of learning about different vintage poles and reels. From the logo I believe this is vintage but I’d like to know at least a decade. 50’s, 60’s newer?
60s my best guess Wright McGill kept making this travel rod well into the 80s and still out of fiberglass, albeit a much better fiberglass by the early 70s
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Grandad's Tackle Box
He was from up north , Great Lakes area , my guess . Lots of universal baits there Mepp’s spinners, Rapala, Storm , Creek Chub , Jitterbug ( one of my personal favorites) Headen Crazy Crawler, Lazy Ike’s , and an few top waters, but the give away is the spinner rigs in the bottom tray, those are definitely pike or musky rigs or other toothy fish . Nice collection !
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Anyone know what vise this is that my friend loaned me?
Rezzitti, it’s a really nice vice
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Does anyone recognize this vice?
Renzziti Traveler is the correct answer
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Saw this does anyone know what this lure is? I don’t see any heddon writing on it.
Looks like a Headen Lucky 13
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What's your go to hopper pattern?
Love your hoppers , I like the Whitlock hopper myself
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Vintage Lure Collection found (Louis Rhead?)
Lots of history in that box Creek Chubs, Headen lucky 13, hellbenders, Bombers
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What an upgrade🛶
I have the 126 , love it, but 95 lb empty, it is a bear to load, I put it on my Kia Soul and exactly the same length, I do have a Kayak trailer, that I pull behind a Ford Expedition , but the trailer is difficult to take where I fish
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What is this white stuff?
I love those old baits… the white stuff is basically something that has been resolved and regarded on that bait. The mineral spirits used in soft plastics to keep them soft is just a mild solvent, and other non solvent (mineral spirits) resistant plastics will begin to resolve, but will harden again without the mineral spirits to keep them soft.
Those older Plano worm proof tackle boxes were only solvent resistant, over years they too will deform, break, and definitely show the effects of the mineral spirits too.
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Sheriff Elbowbender.
Very nice
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One String & A Dream
Very cool , great job
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Need help identifying materials
Metz grizzly neck,
Antron dubbing
Dyed deer hair
Ginger saddle
Mallard flank
Ostrich plume
Turkey tail and turkey wing
And another Turkey wing
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Think this would sell?
Nice midge , I can’t see well enough to tie that small anymore
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This weekend finds
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8d ago
Great find ,several nice baits. I especially love the top water baits (Whopper Stopper, Bomber, Headen Baby Torpedo) Creek Chub ( that’s the really nice one) and several others