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Nice. I like the different colored rods!
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[black][size 3]Did you happen to notice the line designations shown in the add? If they mean anything to you, you are an old timer.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]I think that the current line weights were defined when the industry got together and standardized them. I believe that was in about the early 1960's.[/size]
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[#bf0060]And all lines were either Silk or Level Taper. The industry answered a lot of questions, but I am not sure it is any easier now.[/#bf0060]
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Well, I must be qualified as an Old Timer then. Heck, not only do I remember the line/rod designations, I remember that same ad in my Field & Stream magazines!
Regards, & Good Fishin'
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a long time ago there was a discussion about automatic reels of bygone days... at that time I said I remember as a kid playing with a reel at my grandparents house. It had a green heavy braided line. I remember playing with it to the point all the line went inside the reel and I could not get it back out. My grandma was pissed I did that. She had told me several times not to play with it but I did anyway.
...the automatic reel in this ad looks to be identical to the one I remember as a kid..
...hmmmmmmm now I really do feel old.. [sly]
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[#005000][cool]Hi Macfly55 - here is my post of last April showing a pix of an auto fly reel. Looks familiar?[/#005000]
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