the old guard

[stiff tip]

i had the honor to fish w/ #^&#^&#^&#^&ie perry this week.99% of you have never heard the name . but if u fish for striped bass ,please listen up. #^&#^&#^&#^& lives in harwich sence 70s but more interesting is his dad leo perry . leo from the 40s to80s was a real sportsman living life and family mostly w/ gun or rod in hand making a living or a buck here and there ,but time findly caught up to him and leo is gone .. but i listoned to #^&#^&#^&#^& his son about leo and arnie lane ted willums and gadabout gatters frank wolner and all the early beach masters fishing from surf or small tin boats w/ all home made equiptment or when there was only a small group of beach buggies on the race in the 50s.#^&#^&#^&#^& is now 73yrs old and his brother bum is 71 the stories were endless ,he brought me back to a better time. a gifted life . i envey that time . pull a name from the past ,and they all knew leo perry and the boys . wherever the bass ran .... btw... #^&#^&#^&#^& and bum say the seals have alot to do w/ the fishing problems they eat too much and they $hit same amount out w/ parisites to f*ck up enveriment in surf.....he says they catch seals in the gill nets @ 300 ft..... thanks 4 your time ......dave...

[Flaptail]

Dave, many would not understand but I do. #^&#^&#^&#^& and Bum Perry's Dad Leo was very influential to the development and opening up of surfcasting on Cape Cod immediatly after WWII. He was one of Woolner's closest confidants and a member of the Worcster gang that were among the first to sieze the opportunities for the Striper fishing that the cape had to offer.

Leo Perry was the direct influence to Bobn Pond's famous Atom reverse as was noted by Woolner in print in both his books on Saltwater gamefishing and specifically his collaboration with Hal Lyman on thier historic work "The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing" in 54'.

I, through your intervention, have been given access to the Perry brothers and thier memories of the golden age of bass fishing the beaches of Cape Cod before the National Seashore, when it was wild and free and thier tales of Wwoolner, Laine, Murat, Kissels, Kukonen and have been shown the treasures they hold in the collection of lures and gear from those men and those times.

There are few links left walking this earth to those times and those two men, #^&#^&#^&#^& and Bum Perry are a few of the last. It was my extreme good fortune to have been introduced to them and be let into thier homes to handle and listen to the history of our sport.

[Joe]

The Old Guard is pretty much gone

[HESH2]

did'nt know the mentioned people but i was on the cape in 50's before national seashore,traffic,seals etc.fished and caught my first stripers off long point going over in small wooden boat.saw alot of small tin boats and knew a few of the out of staters who fished bay side in tins trolling sand worms,would see them next am cleaning stripers,tails tied to clothers line.not alot of money back then,stripers would fed peoples family for weeks vacation.p-town town dock had fish house unloading building for catches coming in from fishing fleet.could walk in with striper and sell at the house.they shipped all the fish off dock every nite and you could pick up check like next day.saw all the buggies back then from that era,remember i guy pie wagon type truck selling tackle in race coast guard lot.familys camped at beach then,set up along the bluff.great times.

[BigFish]

I love reading/hearing about the "by gone days"! Keep it coming guys!