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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on June 23, 2015 at 13:06

Hopefully a few others will step forward and show some vintage tackle.  Below is my Old Pal Live Bait box designed to be worn on your belt. 

Designed to be worn on the hip.  The box is aluminum.

It has two snap on belt loops made of metal springs

It has a few dents and dings but it is still works.  The aluminum box is designed to carry live bait which means it is going to have dirt in it if you're hauling night crawlers.

The down side is the aluminum box can cook your bait so you need to keep it cooled off or in the shade.

It really isn't that big; perhaps 6 inches long four inches wide and three inches deep or there about.

Old Pal tackle boxes were made in the 1950s through the 1980s according to Wikipedia.

Permalink Reply by Syd Carr on June 23, 2015 at 13:52

As I mentioned elsewhere on the group, all my vintage tackle was stolen in a home burglary, other than my dad's Eagle Claw split bamboo combo fly/spinning rod, and South Bend "Oren-O-Matic" automatic fly reel from the late 40's early 50's. I really wish I had more vintage tackle to show, but this is all that's left. I might have a lure or two hiding in a box somewhere, and if I ever run across them I'll post them, but the photos below are the only "vintage" tackle I have. If I ever get over my knife collecting fetish (not likely) maybe I'll start recollecting some old tackle again.

By the way, the cork handle of this rig has sockets at both ends that accept the removable rods. When spin fishing you would turn the handle around and plug in the appropriate rod and spinning reel which would then position the cork handle behind the reel instead of in front as shown. In this photo it is set up as a fly rod, the spinning rod is shown below, (they have different ferrules and different lengths also).

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on June 23, 2015 at 15:24

That's a pretty cool looking rig you have their Syd. Love the box!

Permalink Reply by Syd Carr on June 23, 2015 at 15:33

Thanks Tobias. You can see it has some storage damage on it, it lived out in my parents garage for years and years, surprised it survived. I also have my mother's matching Eagle Claw combo rod, but the cork handle is broken on that one, and her reel is long gone. Obviously she enjoyed fishing too. Dad always claimed he put me in a sling on his back and took me fishing when I was six months old so mom could have break from me and do some fishing herself. Caught my first fish, (6" trout), on the rod pictured above...I think I was around six at the time.

Tobias Gibson said:

That's a pretty cool looking rig you have their Syd. Love the box!

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on July 6, 2015 at 14:19

Another piece of vintage tackle.  This is my Wolverine Sportsman Reel for use on a cane pole.  I've attached it to a 7 foot cane pole using a two #5 nuts and bolts. Artificial sinew was added to improve stability and for looks.  I also added some guide eyelets to the pole using crazy glue and artificial sinew. .  I've currently strung the reel with 10 pound monofilament.

I tried the rod and reel this  past week-end   You really can't cast off the reel.  If you try to you'll get a big old snarl.  You also have to keep tension on the line when you reel it in.

In order to cast you need to strip line off the reel like you would do when fly fishing, lock the reel once you've removed enough line and and then cast out the loose line.  I was only able to cast about 15-20 feet. with the current line I'm using. (I've never fly fished so I was impressed with my 20 foot cast!)  I'd probably have to use front weighted fly fishing line If I wanted to cast with the rig.  I'm not sure it would work to well with a seven  foot pole.

That said my plan was always to use this rod and reel to drop a line over the side of the boat or pier and not actually for casting.  I figure it would be okay to use with a crappie rig.  I'll be trying that next week-end as opposed to casting the line. 

Either way, it looks pretty cool and the reel works as it was designed to work.

The Wolverine is the new improved version from the early 1950s. Below is the patent drawings for the original 1930s version.

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on July 8, 2015 at 20:56

A Johnson Model 710a (Made in USA) spincast reel.  These are from the 1964 thru 1972. I got this one with the handle and a six foot one piece pole.    Still seems to work great.  According to the Johnson aficionados the 710 reels were arguably the best all around reel Johnson ever made.  I paid $15 for the rod and reel and I intend to use it as well as show it off!

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on July 23, 2015 at 16:11

Another piece of old tackle is my Jiffy Pal.  It was advertised in a 1951 issue of the Popular mechanics.  The Jiffy Pal includes a 36 inch stainless steel ruler, a weighing scale.  a fish scaler, a reel wrench, a cap lifter, and pry bar hook remover, and a small compartment that included razors and a mini-first-aid kit

The original razors are wrapped in blue paper.  The little bottle with the cork top is glass and contained powdered aspirin.

Note the hook for scale conveniently hooks to the back of the brass storage compartment.  The large mouth bass embossed on the brass lid is a nice touch. The stainless steel bar pass all the way through the brass box separating the the spring scale from the small storage area.   This one is the second version of the Jiffy Pal. The original apparently had a small knife blade instead of razor blades.

Permalink Reply by Jon Salmon on July 29, 2015 at 19:32

I am no longer in possession of my 2 favorite vintage lures, so I can't post photos. They were both old wooden versions of 2 lures in production today in plastic.  The first was a Heddon Lucky 13 in the green / red "frog" color pattern.  I caught many fish on that lure, both by lightly jerking it as a top-water bait and also by "ripping and reeling" it below the surface, like you would with a rattle trap. The second was a wooden large black Jitterbug.  I always used this as a "dead-of-summer" night time top-water lure on my relatives farm ponds in Kentucky.  It was always such a thrill to hear, then feel those bass hit that thing HARD in the dark of night, then waiting to see if the prize was a little buck bass or a lady lunker !!

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on July 29, 2015 at 20:14

Jon, you may not have the lures but they left you with soem great memories.  Thanks for sharing.

Permalink Reply by Jon Salmon on July 31, 2015 at 14:13

You are so right Tobias.  Fishing late into the hot summer nights on those KY farm ponds as a teenager produced memories every bit as wonderful as ones I eventually experienced traveling to the most renown bass fishing lakes in the south / southeast as a grown man.
 
Tobias Gibson said:

Jon, you may not have the lures but they left you with soem great memories.  Thanks for sharing.

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