Just some old gear from the crawlspace

[TMan]

I was rummaging around and found a tacklebox at my parent's house. I think my dad bought more fishing gear than inhad thought. Some old, original Delta Tackle stuff (in the box pre Gibbs-I went to school with the owners kid), a Les Davis Kelp-Kutter flasher, a Mehler Tackle Flashy 8", some Tom Mack's, and others. Cool find. I'll fish it.

 

[TMan]

Just thought I'd share my little surprise trip down memory lane.

 

[TMan]

And this one. A Super Diamond. No hook. Anyone ever fish one?

 

[RiverBoy]

And this one. A Super Diamond. No hook. Anyone ever fish one?

still have a few shined up the coho love ‘em

 

[Dogbreath]

That half & half Tom Mack is absolute murder and a thin stripe of blue tape on that Super Diamond is an old trick for winter Spring fishing.

 

[kingblazer84]

is that cans of brasso? havent seen those in a while used to polish old tom mack 50/50's with that stuff and it would shine for years!

 

[TMan]

That half & half Tom Mack is absolute murder and a thin stripe of blue tape on that Super Diamond is an old trick for winter Spring fishing.

Sweet! I will try that. Tom Mack's were my dad's favourite until he learned about hootchies. He was a Sailor but apparently fished more than he let on lol! He had a bag of hootchies he got from Delta Tackle directly back in the day. (1980's).

 

[TMan]

is that cans of brasso? havent seen those in a while used to polish old tom mack 50/50's with that stuff and it would shine for years!

Sure is! Brasso and Silvo. He would get us to shine them up while anchored in some bay. Kept us kids busy when we ran out of library books.

 

[RiverBoy]

i have a cloth wheel on a bench grinder. fire it up and apply some compound directly to cloth wheel. Remove hooks!!! they will polish up better than it came from factory.

but seriously remove hooks. wheel will grab it and bad bad stabby stabby

 

[Aquaholic]

Sure is! Brasso and Silvo. He would get us to shine them up while anchored in some bay. Kept us kids busy when we ran out of library books.

I think Brasso was less lethal on your skin and organs, worked well on stainless. We used lots of it shining spoons and Abe and Al flashers.

 

[TMan]

I think i better break out the gloves....that and I now have a bench grinder.....so can get a polishing wheel.

 

[Aquaholic]

I think i better break out the gloves....that and I now have a bench grinder.....so can get a polishing wheel.

You probably know this, but don’t use the buffing wheel on these modern shiny spoons, it’s a thin coating that comes off very easily, and then the brass below starts to poke through. Even Brasso should be used very lightly, or the plating is not there for long.

 

[Hardy Guy]

I have a 5.5 super diamond 50/ 50 .... one of my go to spring spoons

 

[Aces]

And this one. A Super Diamond. No hook. Anyone ever fish one?

Killer

 

[TMan]

A little update. Found some more old ones in the attic. Real old. Except the plug that found over 30 years ago on the beach in Tofino. I may just have to fish all this stuff. But don't tell anybody, because it says right on the packaging that they are made and sold exclusive for uses in commercial fisheries only!