Frenchcreek Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 Very cool! I'm hoping to maybe get to 100, never mind being able to cast any kind of rod, spin or fly, in any manner near what this fine old pescatorial centenarian is doing here! So the moral here may well be, never get rid of that "old fav rod & reel or flies you tied" , you never know when you will use them next! 1 Quote
SilverDoctor Posted January 13, 2017 Author Posted January 13, 2017 I'm blessed to have both my Gramps and Dad's Bamboo rods & reels. Take em out every now and again to link with the past and fish with both again. 2 Quote
bigbowtrout Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 I would totally low hole him and poach any risers near him. Quote
halcyonsancta Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 That was lovely. Thank you. I too have a few of my father's pieces. Stuff from the 60s/70s used by moochers on the BC coast. Hardy glass mooching rods and a couple of very old and very well used Hardy Longstone reels. 1 Quote
SilverDoctor Posted January 14, 2017 Author Posted January 14, 2017 Ha, haven't heard the term mooching in quite a while. I'm on old BC boy, more history in vintage gear out there. Quote
BowLurker Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 Ha ha, old BC guy here too. You can still buy 'mooching' lures and conventional stuff..😆 My gramps (neé) was around until 102. He kept asking why he was still alive. I subscribe to the 'burn out rather than fade away' notion, but I wasn't fortunate enough to grow up in a fly fishing family. Respect! -M. Quote
SilverDoctor Posted January 31, 2017 Author Posted January 31, 2017 My Gramps made it to 104. He got congratulatory letters from the Queen and PM etc. every year at 100+. He sent letters back saying don't send framed documents, send money. He He. Both him and Dad where Fly fishers and guides in Ontario and later BC. 1 Quote
halcyonsancta Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 How amazing your kin made it to such a great age! Old mooching gear and stuff from the coast still interests me. I have an old wooden Peetz reel, it was a "novelty" reel to use for rockfish. I believe they are still made in Victoria, mine is in need of only a small amount of tlc - it's still in amazing shape. I have two pristine Longstones (pre-anodized enamelled ones) and three badly worn ones which will be cannibalised to make a single good reel. I bought a few new spares to spruce it up a bit. JW Young Windex reels were amazing for Coho... they were bulletproof. The sound of the Longstone serenade when a salmon struck and ran... My folks had a modest 21 foot sports-fishing boat, named Fishtale. I was amused years later to learn of the shop in Calgary of the same name, though pluralized if memory serves. Well then, like a few fellow fisher-folk I am an Alberta transplant. Dad brought me as a wee lad to Banff in 1969 and I never got over it. The majesty of those mountains... Over the decades as we moved around Canada (based in AB with the Air Force for a tour) and overseas with work we always gravitated (wife and I then too our daughter) to the Bow Valley. Quote
SilverDoctor Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 Also have an old wooden Peetz reel, built like a tank. They do still produce them along with a Trout sized one. Dad had a Longstone but it faded from sight. Still have a few Hardy Perfects, St Gerges and St. John's. Love that old gear. Quote
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