During a search on the Google..:hihi:... I found what appears to be a restored version of the old RKO short film Striper Time that was shown in theaters back in the pre-Wide World of Sports days

I know all or at least part of it has been posted before - but it's a good time of year for a little nostalgia and maybe a chance for some of you who haven't seen it before to take a look

Hmmm...Uncle Crafty is coming down with a severe case of fishing pox, methinks...:smokin:


YouTube - "Striper Time" (1956) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sQHQVCSuhg&feature=player_embedded)

I love that one Chuck! Seen it about 100 times and it never gets old! Still love when the guy "reconnoiters the beach"!:rotf2: Bet some of the young blood here have never heard the word before!!:rotf2::rotf2:

.Uncle Crafty is coming down with a severe case of fishing pox, methinks...:smokin:



is that Contagious?

Chuck, I'm headed for Marco Island for 2 weeks of Tarpon and Snook fishing. I'll send pictures.

is that Contagious?

Yes it is

Chuck, I'm headed for Marco Island for 2 weeks of Tarpon and Snook fishing...

Geez, Paul, I'm sorry to hear that...:hihi:

Seriously, good luck...:kewl:

Haven't been down to Marcos but I've spent a lot of time with my cousins in Cape Coral fishing Sanibel, Captiva and Pine Island Sound
for reds, sea trout and BIG snook...:uhuh:... great area, real fishy

Post pix for us up here stuck shoveling snow again...:mad:

Thanks Chuck, will do. I will also be hitting Sanibel and Captiva. There are some great snook spots in St. Josephs Bay.

I am loving this retirement thing!!!!!!

Love those shots of cuttyhunk :)
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glass rod ,,,2 guides and a tip .. Can't see the reverse lever (squidder) on the reel .. thinking jiggmaster.. I actually use to fish like that .. getting old ... great flick ,,,. like the added reel sounds and narrated fish weights .. Question is .... who's the angler ? ..

The narrator is horrible with his size estimates!!! That last one is 45#s? More like 20!!:fishin: Love the old plugs!

Tagger,

Good eyes--I noted same two guides and a tip.
But I think conventional in those days were always
short of guides. In late seventies I gave a 10'
blank to a relative to build a conventional for me.
It came back with only three guides and about 7'
of rod before the first. I tried with no success to
get back into conventional casting with that rod before
I turned it into a spinner and took many big
Stripers with it with no problem. Are we over doing
guides on today rods?????

Tagger,

Good eyes--I noted same two guides and a tip.
But I think conventional in those days were always
short of guides. Are we over doing
guides on today rods?????

No .. today is better .. School of thought then was less guides ,less friction, better casting distance . That's what I use to think..(mono).. Truth is more guides ,,equall better loading of the blank,,more recovery of blank , more distance .. even with mono.. More guides makes a better fish fighting tool too ..

Thanks Chuck, will do. I will also be hitting Sanibel and Captiva. There are some great snook spots in St. Josephs Bay.

I am loving this retirement thing!!!!!!

Sanibel ?
Spent a few weeks with a centerfold girl down there a few years back, don't tell me I could have fished too.:confused:

,,,. like the added reel sounds and narrated fish weight ..

LOL, if those two on the point were #20 and #45 i'll eat my hat. :hihi: