Hmmmm, a faster squidder, isn't that a jigmaster in 3 different widths ?  And with gear ratios all the way to 5:1 .

That’s too funny Tommy, I’d have done the same though. Great write up! Out of interest, is there anything else eclectic or odd waiting in that tote of yours?

Cheers,
Andrew

We're not talking Magnums, just regular Squidder plates here fellas.

Thanks

I took Wally15s recommendation and got ahold of a copy of "The Old Man and the Boy".  If you like the outdoors and believe that being self-reliant is one of the most admirable character traits a person can have, you will feel right at home with this book.  Too bad kids (and people in general) probably can't/don't live this way any longer.  It sure might be good for the kids.  I live in a rural area, and other than a rare farm kid, maybe, there are no kids growing up anywhere close to the way the Boy did anymore.

Frank

Thanks, everyone, for the compliments!


It was one of my earlier acquisitions, Kevin. It's so odd looking I had to have it.  When I got it, at least 12 or 15 years ago, I removed the spool and saw that chain.  It frightened me so much I packaged it back up in bubble wrap and put it in my "to tackle someday tote". Well, enough time and restos have passed so that when I came across awhile back it I decided it was about time to clean it up and get it displayed.   

Great reminder, Arlyn! How easily it is to forget where most of us, at the time paupers, started. 

Back in '70, @ 20, I broke the threaded handle shaft off my first open face spinner, a Mitchell 304. I decided to invest in a quality reel, a Zebco Cardinal 6, as a replacement. My father-in-law at the time used cheap reels and had given me a couple of his extras. One was a plastic piece of crap, a Zebco 202, that my wife would use occasionally. Well, one day my dad, myself & another guy went to a nearby lake to do some boat fishing. I didn't want to take the chance on damaging my new Cardinal 6, it was for serious stuff like trips to MN, etc. I took that 202 and low and behold I landed a 6.5 lb walleye on that plastic thing with about 4 lb test line! It stood as my largest walleye for close to 30 years. 

Here's my reminder. That's my dad in the background. We were both a lot younger and thinner in those days. 

 

I know that they eat the peacocks but I don't know about the knife fish.       Rudy

   Yes!  A faster Squidder is the direction everyone wants to go.