Reuven, That is a good idea, I may just mount the new one I have in a shadow box and hang it on my wall. Tony
On Sunday, August 10, 2014 6:24 AM, Reuven Segal <[email protected]> wrote: We never had anything like that over here as far as I know. I only ever used a plastic handline growing up.....it wasn't back in '39 however :) Quite a beautiful piece of equipment however. Deserves to be mounted on a wall. On 10/08/2014 7:44 AM, 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail wrote: Nev, >I still have two of those. One is still brand new, never used. I got that one >in a bunch of stuff that was given to me several years ago. That was also my >first fishing thing. I caught my first trout on it. You could cast it out then >hook the like on a bell that was on a length of spring wire with a bell on it. >The wire had a hook bend in it to slip the line in. When the fish took the >bait, the bell would ring. I think I was about 10 years old then. I think they >cost a whole nickel at that time, that would of been 1939. >Tony > > > >On Saturday, August 9, 2014 1:34 PM, Neville Gosling >mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > > >I have been fascinated by fish and their environs since a small child. I >begged my parents to get me some fishing tackle and eventually, I received a >hand line for sea fishing comprising of a lead weight and 3 hooks separated on >wire booms. The line was wound around an H shaped handle and one stripped line >onto the ground and then whirled the weighted hooks around and let go towards >the sea. My father didn't fish, but I believe that I have a deep instinct >that makes me want to fish. > >I don't think that you can make someone into a fly fisher person unless that person either has that deep instinct or interest and is not aware of it. I know people that take up fly fishing and are very gung ho, only to lose interest and to move on to something else. > > >Neville (Nev) Gosling > >The older I get, the better I was! > > > >-- >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > >VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com/ >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > >VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com/ >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
