ButchA

From my dad's tacklebox.... Some of these are instantly recognizable and would still work!

Exactly.... My folks had a summer lakefront home up in the Adirondacks in the 70's when I finished high school. That old lure probably was used in Lake Ontario as well. I could never fish with it down here in Virginia.

LOL.... Crack me up!! 🤣

I have my dad's old stuff from the 60's & 70's, rods & reels, his tacklebox, etc... and my whole entire childhood in in that tacklebox, you know? Anyway, one of the incredible lures that he has in there, I decided to look up on the internet, vintage lure sites, eBay, etc... Anyone remember these? I got out a magnifying glass and verified the info on the blade(s): Side 1) W. D. Chapman & Son, Theresa, NY Side 2) Lure 2, Pat. 1883 I checked eBay, and was blown away. Someone has the same thing, but a hair bigger (Lure 3) and with a squirrel hair skirt. The asking price on eBay is $499.95! OMG!!! 😲 I AM NOT SELLING MINE, AS MY DAD WOULD COME BACK FROM HEAVEN, AND BEAT MY BEHIND!!

I use round nose pliers and make a 180° bend, insert the treble hook, and then bend it further, like 270°. Then *carefully* twist the remaining wire around and around by hand.

I was doodling around with brass beads earlier today and created this: A type of imitation Mepps inline spinner with a #3 brass French spinner blade. Recipe: 5/32 brass bead (i.e. smaller head?) #3 Clevis & #3 brass French blade 1/4 brass bead 5/16 brass bead 5/16 brass bead 1/4 brass bead #6 treble hook w/ red rubber tubing. Hmmm.... I wonder what would tear this up?

Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments! You can clearly see the concentration on my granddaughter's face in this photo from yesterday!

Life is good... My mission is complete... Introduce my 6 yr old granddaughter to fishing with her own Shakespeare children's rod & reel combo (an ultra-lite to us adults). She had a ball and wanted to catch tiny sunfish in the little church pond that I took her to here in Beaufort, SC (off base military housing). I'm here visiting for the weekend...

I made this earlier today and it works great! Anyone else use Buzzbait spinners?

Happy -- day after 4th of July! 😎 I had a spark of creativity, and decided to make this from various parts & pieces. I guess this would be a Swimbait Jig Spinner combo. What do you think? 4" "Real Shad" colored swimbait. Size 3/0 weighted keeper swimbait hook. ...and I added a Jig spinner w/ Colorado blade.

So sad... I'm down here in Henrico Co, and have been to Lake Anna many many times over the past 20 years. I know it well, and have seen the massive development for years. What used to be a nice, pristine, 17 mile long lake, is no longer what it once was. ☹️

Updated photo taken yesterday... I'm wearing my incredibly comfortable Fishing PFD from Cabela's. I was changing lures in the photo...

I just made these two this morning (well... the jerkbait was "assembled"). All parts/pieces came straight from that old company Jann's Netcraft. 4" (Rapala clone) jerkbait in a Sexy Shad color pattern. #4 treble hook (rear) and #6 treble hook (middle), and size 2 splitrings. The spinnerbait is a white/chartreuse coloring, 3/0 hook, a mossy craw colored skirt, and an Indiana spinner on a clevis with 2 beads, and a brass French spinner blade on a black swivel.

Yes, they were great! Very lightweight, meant for a light action rod, 4-6# line, etc... Would catch Crappie and smaller Bass.