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Originally Posted by Pauleye
I apologize in advance if I posted in the wrong forum. I've been organizing my basement which means going through gear. I hate to throw away gear. But what would you do with custom surf rods from the late 1980's?
These are fiberglass (yellowish) and S-glass (amber/brown looking fiberglass) Lamiglas blanks built by Dave Hammock (Charlie Murat's son-in-law). I was actually going to throw them out but can't get myself to do it.
Are fiberglass rods considered collectible? I certainly accumulated a lot of stuff over the years. Does anyone remember the Smoker poppers? They were like the Atoms blue and white but I thought they were better (more durable). How about when Cotton Cordell said they were discontinuing the Big-O rattler so the fisherman ran to the stores to buy all available stock.
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Many of us are in your situation. Who hates to throw away gear?
No one.
Your 80's rods are not what you would call collectible, unless they are made with an original, U.S. made Sabre blank. Some folks pay good money for those, and it's worth it.
Other than that, what you have may be worth something to someone who collects them, but that's about it. Maybe they'll be worth something in 30 years?
I think I have every rod and reel that I ever owned, but don't use. I have countless tackle boxes, and containers full of stuff that I'll never use, nor will I throw away.
I have a bunch of broken rods, that I've intended to fix for the past zillion years, but haven't done it, and probably won't.
I just keep buying new ones.
I have a box of reels that need repair, but never repair them. I just keep buying new ones.
Ya, I just keep buying stuff. . . . 50 years of buying stuff. . . throwing nothing away. . . . taking up space.
I go to every sale, sportsmen's show, yard sale etc. I watch Ebay, Craigslist, various web sites, etc. for deals
Do I really need to do this?
Yup. I always need everything.
Will I use everything that I buy?
Nope, but that's not the point.
It's a curse. It's an addiction. It's idiotic. It's what I do. It's my hobby. It's my obsession.
It's one of the few joys in life to many people.
I have a lot of vintage gear, and I still use selected pieces.
This past season, I showed up at the Cape Cod Canal with a 10 foot, single piece glass rod (circa 1975) and slapped a Penn 710 "greenie" on it.
I caught fish with it, and it was great.
There I was, standing in the same place that I did over 50 years ago, with the same rod and reel, and a few of the same plugs.
Flashback City!
A handful of my vintage rods and reels catch fish every season. I get a kick out of it.
It's nostalgic.
Why don't you make a nice display for all of your gear?
Hang onto it.
It's all part of fishin'. . . . .
Moog