Buried Treasure!

I went to see my aunt, who just moved to Reno, and she had a box with my name on it that she'd unearthed in the move.  This stuff was my grandfather's, a huge fisherman who passed away about ten years ago.  There was a bottle of pills in the creel from 1979, and the plastic worms have eaten through the shelves of the tackle box.

Some really great stuff here!  Penn reel, Wheatley fly box, wierd stuff from the golden days.  I'll be using the lures & such, and making a display of my grandpa's flies.  There's about a hundred flies there, maybe half store-bought, so I think it might be time to learn the fly fishing I have been thinking about for years.

WOOT!

Rick

Gotta love the antiques I have a few my self (rods, reels and lures - and even a tackle box) bought from garage sales. Will post pics when I get a chance.

Wouldn't it be cool to open up a Fishing Antique store 

Nice score man. Display it all.  Alot of those are still commercially available, I'd rather loose a new lure than one that belonged to my old man or grandpa.

That's cool stuff right there, fendente.  I agree with Art - display as much as possible.  Grandpa lives on in the shrine you create.   

That's cool stuff right there, fendente.  I agree with Art - display as much as possible.  Grandpa lives on in the shrine you create.   

More so in the grandson that fishes.

-Brian G

That is really neat.  just like a fishing time capsule from granpa.  so cool.

i got a packet like that from my grandfather as well-- we displayed the flies by taking a corkboard, framing it, then gluing little round disks of cork to it- those were what we hooked the flies into. Still have it.

I can take a pic if you're interested?

Super dupers, Yea!!

Take care with that stuff,  it has history....

dale

Thanks for the input, guys! 

You'all might be right.  It's got more value to me as memories.  And, Steve, I'd like a pic of your display box!

That said, I am going by Western Sport Shop in San Rafael later today, to check out a first fly rod/reel set up! 

As far as the memories go, I am swimming in thoughts of the old cuss.  We didn't talk together much, but we fished the hell out of his neighborhood!  He retired above Sonora, and it was chock-full of trout-y places.   This was a delightful gift, even if it just gives me a chance to relive those good times.

Rick

Thats cool!   Think of the stories those lures could tell.

I got a bunch of stuff from my grand dad when he died. I want to catch a salmon (if it ever opens up again) with one of his old lures.

Great find!

CHEERS!

Treasure indeed. Enjoy the memories.

Too cool to catch fish on Grandpa's lures I sure he will get a kick out of it too. Might be a lotta magic in some of those lures.

  There was a bottle of pills in the creel from 1979, WOOT!

Easy there you whipper-snappers!!!!! I too have stuff from 1979 but it is MY stuff from 1979; the year I gradieated High School. ( pun intended )

Gotta love the antiques Wouldn't it be cool to open up a Fishing Antique store 

Aka my garage.

Very cool!  I like your idea of framing the flies.

My gramps is still around (though winding down), and every few visits or so he'll unload some of his old fishing stuff or tools on me.  "Here, use it or throw it away for me.  I don't care", he says.

Some of it I've given away (old lead), some of it I use all the time (my favorite framing hammer), and some of it I've used and wished I hadn't (an old, colapseable aluminum gaff, now frozen together from salt water).  All treasures though, I'd never throw any of it away!