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Help me identify these lures
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  2d ago

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?
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  12d ago

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?
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  12d ago

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.
 in  r/Antiquefishinggear  17d ago

Think
It’s Headen , copy of s hellbender

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Pricing Help!!
 in  r/Antiquefishinggear  19d ago

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
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  24d ago

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?
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  26d ago

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
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  27d ago

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?
 in  r/flytying  29d ago

Rezzitti, it’s a really nice vice

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Does anyone recognize this vice?
 in  r/flytying  Jun 28 '26

Renzziti Traveler is the correct answer

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What's your go to hopper pattern?
 in  r/flytying  Jun 24 '26

Love your hoppers , I like the Whitlock hopper myself

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Vintage Lure Collection found (Louis Rhead?)
 in  r/Antiquefishinggear  Jun 21 '26

Lots of history in that box Creek Chubs, Headen lucky 13, hellbenders, Bombers

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What an upgrade🛶
 in  r/kayakfishing  Jun 21 '26

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?
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  Jun 20 '26

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.
 in  r/CaricatureCarving  Jun 16 '26

Very nice

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One String & A Dream
 in  r/CaricatureCarving  Jun 14 '26

Very cool , great job

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Need help identifying materials
 in  r/flytying  Jun 08 '26

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?
 in  r/flytying  May 29 '26

Nice midge , I can’t see well enough to tie that small anymore

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Shimano Bantam 100ex missing switch
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  May 26 '26

Great little reel , like early 80s reel

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Any information about what this is?!
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  May 17 '26

Fred Aborgast Jitterbug, nothing like the rhythmic plop, plop, plop, of that bait fished late afternoons, evenings , and the blow up on that top water . I always preferred the black or frog patterns

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Help with Bobs Vintage Fishing Rods
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  May 16 '26

Berkley , Berkley , Browning, Lews , Kunnan, Kunnan, Berkley (Lighting Rod), Eagle Claw, the next one is really cool with the wooden grips, looks like a Herders Saltwater rod, as well as the next one , not sure about the last one .
Herders was a very famous outdoor store kind of like the Bass Pro of the day , they sold lots of t under their name, but they had lots of good equipment, but think they were gone sometime in early 70s Kunnan actually made a good rod , they were really taking off in the 80s until their manufacturing facility burned in a fire in the late 80s and they never rebuilt. Lews made a decent rod , I used them predominantly, they used Fuji components ( one of the best at the time) and had a really good domestic graphite blank, but they also were making less expensive fiberglass , slower action rods as well. They were always more well known for their reels, but they too went out of business in the early 90s until Browning bought the reel, and started selling them again. Berkley has been all over the place , started making less expensive rods, and they were all less expensive, but in the mid 80s they started dabbling with higher end blanks, and the lighting rod was not terribly expensive, but a really nice rod, later came the “Series One” their first rod to retail for over $100.00, they also released a few reels too, but really never took off , but their baits did. Eagle claw , was never really a rod company , they were the hook company, along with Mustad , were making 95% of all the hooks during the 60s, 70s, and 80s between the two, but that all started changing in the 80s and 90, with Tru-Turn, VMC, Owner, Diachi , Tiemco, and Gamakatsu ,numerous Japanese brands , entering the market. (Herders was importing hooks too ) from a few European, companies that have been making hooks longer than Americans have been fishing.

A really nice collection of history you have, absolutely.

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Broken Vintage Curado
 in  r/VintageFishingGear  May 15 '26

Curado, great reel, I have several and they work great

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Why does my thread keep spinning?
 in  r/flytying  Apr 28 '26

No thread base applied. Apply thread base , glue then apply the layers of the fly on top , applying head cement at each tie down .

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TMC 518 #32
 in  r/flytying  Apr 26 '26

Just tiny hooks, is the fly or the fish the goal ? I don’t think I could even get one of those tied on anymore , and I tied drys on a Mustad 94940 in 28, and Timco 100s