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Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/29/16 02:06 PM
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B-Deuces
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Gensis 27:3 "Go now, take your weapons, your quiver, and your bow, go out into the field and hunt game for me."
Bryley Doucet
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/29/16 02:09 PM
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Cast
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Lew's Speed Stick is a good rod! I've spun a few blanks of that rod. Ask him to will it to you. And that 5500C, well it is a 5500C. Great stuff!
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/29/16 02:45 PM
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Ken A.
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Great story! Those pix bring back lots of memories. I have owned that exact rod & reel combo!
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/29/16 02:50 PM
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reeltexan
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"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Bill Shakespeare
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/29/16 03:14 PM
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JD/76708
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Neat stuff!
That's a cool combo....and remember to throw that Chugger in May or June when the grasshoppers hatch out...
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/29/16 03:34 PM
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Fishingking
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Thanks for the memories. Us grandpas new a thing or two once
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/29/16 03:44 PM
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tx_basser
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Have a vintage Lucky13 in that color now. Caught many a fish on that growing up.
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/30/16 12:16 AM
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beeflover
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great story. Reminds me of my dad's tackle. He just wasn't comfortable with less than 35 lb braid. That rod probably started out about 5.5 ft long and he broke it. Hopefully on a fish or did you break it trompin thru the woods to the fishin hole?
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/30/16 12:24 AM
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TxDanFishMan
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Great story and great looking fish. Frog colored chugger always a good choice. If you look close the rod is 5'2" which is pretty common back in the 70's and early 80's with a pistol grip.
Slide right, coming in .... Fish On!
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/30/16 01:43 AM
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Donald Harper
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Excellent story. Glad you were able to make memories with your Grand Father. Thanks for sharing. Oh, I still use 5500c reels.
Last edited by Donald Harper; 03/30/16 01:44 AM.
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/30/16 02:15 AM
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Scoundrel
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I still have that combo but my Stik is the elusive lucky brown one.
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/30/16 02:46 AM
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Cmack
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Cool stuff for sure. I remember my first speed stick back in the 70s, a G56XH topped off with a BB1 Speed Spool and 25# Trilene. It was my do everything rod, heck it was my only rod! Caught lots of fish and never felt lacking. Fished Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend out of a 16' aluminum boat with a 40 Mercury. Now I run a BassCat and have more money tied up in rods and reels than everything I used to own. Definitely don't catch more fish,spend more time and money maintaining all that equipment. Leaves me pondering whether I have advanced or receeded???
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/30/16 02:23 PM
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Spring Lizard Waterdog
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Grandpas are excellent mentors for guys caught up in a hi-tech world of bass fishing. Everyone needs to think about the basics of bass fishing to keep the right perspective. One line, one rod and reel, several lures will catch bass. Slows you down and makes you think about what is going on. 12 rods, 12 lures, 12 different types of line, X-ray glasses, down views, side views, spaceship boats makes you hyper. Bass have not changed, fishing has changed. I challenge each to get back to thinking basics of bass fishing. It will make you a better fisherman especially when you live in this smorgasbord of the fishing world today. I have caught nearly a thousand bass 7-9 lbs and I can hold one rod and reel with 17 lb strength mono and the lures I caught them on in one hand. Come to our lunch at BP Grapevine April 15 that Ken A posted a couple of days ago and I will show you.
Last edited by Spring Lizard Waterdog; 03/30/16 02:26 PM.
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Re: Grandpa's stuff-long read
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03/30/16 03:47 PM
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CCTX
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mapquest
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Awesome! That reel looks like it could last several lifetimes.
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