You know what brand lures I had a bunch of but eventually traded, threw away or lost and didn't replace?  The cheap Herters knock-offs of various famous lures.  Remember those?  

 

I can't remember the names of some of his hard baits but, for example, I had a couple of Herters' "Mooselake Wobblers" which were a blatant copy of the famous Mooselook Wobbler trout and salmon trolling spoon.  He sold copies --usually cheap, imported copies-- of famous lures and they had names that were only slightly changed from the originals in some cases.  Herters was my first experience in mail-ordering, too.

 

Tight lines,

Bob

 

 

Tackle box I used in 1969 & 70 as it is now.

 

 

 

Photo taken as it was in 1970. It has been pretty much left the same.

Man cave display.

 

Hootie

 

 

*Hootie! I had that same Old Pal box in the mid '60s!

 

Goose52, Being 62 too, my memory is fading . . . but I do think that in a box in the back of a closet lives a Plummer Frog with a melted leg. I think.

Spent a chunk of the weekend on hardbait maintenance.  Found this old tiny runt that had been my father's.  I thought about putting it in the 'vintage' display case, but changed my mind and changed the hooks. I'll be throwing it as soon as it warms up a little bit.

I used to use a Bill Plummer Frog with some success occasionally. I can remember seeing a show  on TV with him in it (it might have been a Gadabout Gaddis show). I believe he used the Frog as well as a 6" (or there abouts) black pork eel for most of his fishing. I remember he used a baitcasting outfit with braided nylon line. I forget if he used a mono leader or not.

 

I don't recall ever seeing a Jitterbug with a plastic  lip, but I do remember using a wooden Jitterbug. At dusk their were many guys that would walk around the kettle ponds of SE MA throwing big black Jitterbugs. They caught some very large bass upon occasion  after dark.

Spent a chunk of the weekend on hardbait maintenance.  Found this old tiny runt that had been my father's.  I thought about putting it in the 'vintage' display case, but changed my mind and changed the hooks. I'll be throwing it as soon as it warms up a little bit.

 

Very cool !  I will have to get my Runts wet this year sometime...