Super User Catt Posted June 28, 2009 Super User Posted June 28, 2009 2009 30 = 1979 58 yrs old 30 = 28 yrs old My body was in excellent health, no ruptured discs or torn ligaments in my lower back, no severe arthritis in my right elbow or left shoulder, and no torn cartilage in my right knee. My knowledge & experience at age 28 Quote
Blue Streak Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 I would take my knowledge, all of the things I have learned about bass and bass fishing. That would make me a pretty good fisherman. And I guess I would ask the genie for my sonar, but I could get by without it. The old days were not so bad and we caught plenty of bass. Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted June 28, 2009 Super User Posted June 28, 2009 Fun thread. Hmmmmmmm.... This is tough... Several good answers here, especially: electronics, graphite, line, quality hooks. Depends a lot on the type (esp size) of waters I fish. Lessseeee... Electronics: Flashers existed within the time frame here. I like the graphic display better now, and side-scan sure is cool and could save time, but the old Green Box could still be put to good use. Of course GPS units can be pretty useful, especially on big waters. Modern high carbon steel hook designs: This one's gonna fall of my list pretty quick. Although nice, I can sharpen the old irons. And I'd even taken to bending hooks if I needed a different shape. Graphite: I started with wood (see pic), then steel (my Dad's), glass (tubular), and upgraded over time; I still have an S-Glass steelhead rod I still like and used for plugging until I left steelie country. I remember my first graphite rod and sweating bullets sinking a chunk of my paycheck to buy that Skyline spinning rod. I still have it and use it every spring. A second Skyline casting rod followed (I sweating bullets again lol) -which I'm gonna ebay soon bc, like Matt, I just can't stand the pistol grip! I remember amazing my glass-toting friends while fighting big trout with graphite -"Oh! He's turned the other way I can feel the line ticking through his teeth! Oh...now he's rolled and the lines caught around a pectoral!..." Friends couldn't believe what they were hearing until they bought their own. But, I could catch fish without graphite (can I keep my S-Glass?). Line: I've always said that line is the single most important piece of technology; that if we can significantly reduce the diameter of line (or get rid if it all together ) that that would be the single biggest technological achievement in angling. Water is a thick gelatinous medium, and line affects our presentations and sensitivity more than most realize I think. But, I still use mono (XT) a lot and could get by there the most versatile line really. Braid and fluoro sure have their place. ANDI'm still waiting on that next BIG breakthrough: .003 diameter high density 20# -bring it on baby !! So...in my own fishing nowadays, mostly in small waters, although I want all the modern conveniences, in the end, No changes REALLY necessary. Fun thread. Pre-Glass (c. 1966) Gone Tubular (c. 1973) with homemade jigheads (split shot crimped to a goose-neck worm hook) Won Big Bass in local contest (that's what we called them) (c. 1976). Rubber worm. Quote
Super User senile1 Posted June 29, 2009 Super User Posted June 29, 2009 Genies popping out of a bottles of JJ's . . . . . what a silly idea. Everyone knows that Genies come from lamps! But I'll play along . . . . I would ask for one of today's sensitive rods. Secondly, I would beg for my Lowrance. Quote
Super User WRB Posted June 29, 2009 Super User Posted June 29, 2009 1979 We had Lowrance X15 paper graphs and Hummin Bird Super Sixty's, Trilene XT copolymer line, Eagle Claw and Mustad hooks with hones or files, Phenix and Fenwick boron composite rods with straight handles, good Swedish made Abu reels and bass boats with all of today's equipment, it wasn't the dark ages. Go back to 1969 and everything in bass fishing was just in the development period. Catt said he would like to be 28, I would to 58, but will take what I have and be very happy to fish any period with whatever is available. WRB Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted June 29, 2009 Super User Posted June 29, 2009 I''ll take today's Stella. This reels makes fishing more fun! Otherwise, all I need is a 20 or 30 year old plastic worm or jig & pig. Additional "old lures" would include the original Rapala, Rat-L-Trap, Devil's Horse and Lucky 13. 8-) Quote
clipper Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 A wide-gap hook so I could texas rig a Big Daddy Fliptail instead of fishing it on a hook with a bent wire to make it weedless. Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted June 30, 2009 Super User Posted June 30, 2009 1979 We had Lowrance X15 paper graphs and Hummin Bird Super Sixty's, Trilene XT copolymer line, Eagle Claw and Mustad hooks with hones or files, Phenix and Fenwick boron composite rods with straight handles, good Swedish made Abu reels and bass boats with all of today's equipment, it wasn't the dark ages. Go back to 1969 and everything in bass fishing was just in the development period. Catt said he would like to be 28, I would to 58, but will take what I have and be very happy to fish any period with whatever is available. WRB Good post. (I can still smell the X15 paper cookin'.) Quote
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