Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
Those old reels with the handles that turned when you casted was ALL we had. And most of the rods were steel. 50yds of line was the max on most reels. Phleuger, shakespere and south bend were the major makers of fishing tackle.I got my first spinning reel the second year they came out Bearings? Were none. 90% of the lures were 5/8 oz. Most boats were wood, aluminum came out after the war. No express ways. A 300 mile trip up north took almost 9 hours, driving as fast as you could, Illinois had NO speed limits on the highways, reasonable and proper were the rules. Rustic cottages for rent had out houses, and well pumps in the kitchen.And when I first hit a 100 bucks a week, with overtime, I was considered a rich working man. Yeah its a little different now.
Congratulations on still being in the game and enjoying the world ....I never got here until after the war..1945...My first few years were spent with assistance of the "little brown shack" though ....I think the name of the reel was southbend but I haven't seen it for maybe 30 years or more ...old grand pappy loved to fish for carp......thats about all I remember about his fishing ...I never caught the disease until the early 60's when I was a teenager and then thought I had shaken it 12 or 14 years ago when I had some medical problems and ended up selling my boat and storing my equipment in the dusty part of the basement..then after I had been retired a couple years I bought a little plastic 10' bass boat thinking I might use it 4 or 5 times a year......I found myself in the thing 2 or 3 times a week so 6 months later bought a basstracker and am enjoying the sport as much as I ever did ...find myself doing a lot more croppie and bluegill fishing than I do bass fishing , now a days a day on the water is more like 5 or 6 hours as compared to 12 or 14 it use to be...lol.......Enjoy, Harold