wazatherfisherman Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Blackfish said: Had a look and found this. Certainly not as good as the Item itself. December 1969 Modern Fishing. Hi Blackfish- cool ad! Innovative idea to have 2 diff line capacities/spools and 4.5:1 was super fast for a spin reel back then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Guys this thread is fascinating!!! Keep the memories and pics coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 This has given me inspiation to dig out some of my old artifacts. My 1st ever rod was a Jarvis walker "Black Queen". Had a couple of hand me downs which caught enough fish which I sold to pensioners in a retirement village I passed walking to my fishing spots behind then Prince Henry Hospital at Little Bay.The rods of choice which I bought as blanks and made up were Butterworth MT 4144 for blackfish/bream, MT 7144 for spinning/tailor/salmon and small bottom feeders and a MT 8144 for snapper/drummer/groper etc. Also added later 2 sabre rods, one about 9 foot fast taper heavy for live baiting with a Polikansky o/head reel and a 6 footer for very light sportfishing 6lb class. Have all these rods 40+ years later. Will dig up some old lures and post up pics soon. Jim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Way back in the dark ages, in a land far, far away, I started to fish. No commercially known gear though. A bamboo garden cane about 8ft long with a small slit in the thin end. A raid of Mum's Singer Sewing box provided reels of cotton thread and pins, The cotton thread (with a knot in the end) was attached to the cane. The pin was bent into a hook shape and tied directly to the cotton thread (no fancy knots either). A small stone tied on below a twig and the set up was complete. A few maggots, worms or bread dough and I was in business. Worked too! I used to catch all types of coarse fish in the ponds, canals, and streams of England. I almost wet myself laughing when I watch videos of modern-day anglers in the UK. They need a truck to cart all the gear they take fishing nowadays. Some time later I got on the consumer bandwagon and started buying my fishing gear. I never had TOO MUCH gear though, only what I needed. Still buying the odd item now and then, but (usually) out of necessity. Cheers, bn 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Hi big Neil Your start out gear must must have looked something similar to mine. I would take a guess that this pic was taken in 1962. Some guys just have it in their blood haha. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, big Neil said: Way back in the dark ages, in a land far, far away, I started to fish. No commercially known gear though. A bamboo garden cane about 8ft long with a small slit in the thin end. A raid of Mum's Singer Sewing box provided reels of cotton thread and pins, The cotton thread (with a knot in the end) was attached to the cane. The pin was bent into a hook shape and tied directly to the cotton thread (no fancy knots either). A small stone tied on below a twig and the set up was complete. A few maggots, worms or bread dough and I was in business. Worked too! I used to catch all types of coarse fish in the ponds, canals, and streams of England. I almost wet myself laughing when I watch videos of modern-day anglers in the UK. They need a truck to cart all the gear they take fishing nowadays. Some time later I got on the consumer bandwagon and started buying my fishing gear. I never had TOO MUCH gear though, only what I needed. Still buying the odd item now and then, but (usually) out of necessity. Cheers, bn BN, are you saying that you started fishing with 2lb braid on a custom built rod with all organic baits ? Most fishers nowadays start with a much simpler rig Also, if you want to know what UK anglers feel - check regularly e bay or gum tree - usually those fishing 'thrones' and complex 'military-grade' electronics are very cheaply for sale when expat leaves AU. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) Couple of "Older Metals" certainly not as Old as other items put up on here in this thread. Top one is a Pegron, great flicking out of a boat into washes. Next one is unknown but is has a Pearl inlay, good on smaller chopper ETC. Bottom one is a ABU Toby, great all round metal for both Casting and Trolling. Edited July 6, 2019 by Blackfish 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 On 7/3/2019 at 12:31 PM, noelm said: Just back from rummaging around, and I have a couple of Shakespeare "Titan Whisker" reels (I think that's what they were called) black Graphite body (that I suspect is just plastic) and a grey ceramic lip on the spool for better casting, just gave the handles a spin and they feel OK, the smaller one has a squeak though. Digging around in the shed and found one of those "Titan Whisker" still works well for its age and the other is a Rear Drag Cardinal 3. Rear drag means "not very good" on this real. Not sure about others though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 "Room shot" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 More "room shots" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Boxed old reels 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Boxed reels and some Smith's Jigs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Few more and old wire style keep basket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Next wall- includes "Mara" "Taylor Beach Reel" and a line drier for both old mono and fly lines 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Whoops! This is line drier 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 Holy moly, there is some stuff there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 I reckon those Smiths jigs need a swim! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 fantastic collection waza, got any old fishing books-like Wal Hardy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, PaddyT said: fantastic collection waza, got any old fishing books-like Wal Hardy? Sorry for slow replies! Yes Paddy under pool table in a box somewhere! There are some photo's to come that have quite a few old Anglers Digest mags as "background" also- also old Gregory's Fishing Guide, Anglers Omnibus etc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, wazatherfisherman said: Few more and old wire style keep basket We used to use those Wire Baskets when we Blackfished up at Brisbane Waters when I was a Kid, that certainly brings back memories. The rest is awesome and love those Smiths Jigs. Edited July 6, 2019 by Blackfish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 A few Alvey's including a "VB" and a"Bundy Rum" 6 inch -green at left , then black in centre- the hook card is of original Mustad "Wide-Gape" hooks- one of the original 'circle' hooks- highly favoured by Deep sea fisho's for Flatties in particular- anyone thinking circle hooks are a "new" innovation- well this card of sizes is 55 years old! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 This a shot from inside of nice old 'leadlight' cabinet- the top shelf is all overheads from Heddon's to Seascapes- there's about 60 odd reels in this shelf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Old lures- from top left clockwise in- Devon minnow-'squared' body,Japanese commercial feather jig, WK 'Bristle' with retained hook and pink skirt, "golf ball lure", cork Bass plug,Baltic Bobber with molded-in hooks, O/Seas Squid spike (early one!) Pegron Tiger Minnow, 2 x Bucktail "Canada" Jigs and in centre good old Baltic Minnow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 An "Arrowhead" in centre, old Heddon (can't remember name- maybe "Spook") on left and classic "Super Duper" on right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 These are WK's -like an arrow but tapered and a hole through the centre like in "LUK's"- I think these are fairly rare for a mass produced lure- probably because most have been eaten by Mackerel etc! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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