A point of interest to you guys chasing AYC. The one time I met Bob Pond I asked him what wood he used for his wooden Atoms. As I recall he told me it was Port Oroford Cedar. This stuff is readily available at most lumber yards. You'll have to pick through it since it is all "new growth" lumber and full of knots, but with a little luck you can find usable wood. I just finished cutting an 8' clear 4x4 into 1.75" billets. I think it cost about 37 bucks (I also bought some clear 8/4 eastern pine which is nice for carving plugs, but pricey).
POC WAS my go to wood till shepley's / mid-cape stop carrying it cause if it didn't get nailed down fast it wood start to curl and twist..the yards had to much lumber that didn't get bought because of that,,but still rather use it over ayc.
something interesting "truth or a fishermans punked" ????
The year 1946 printed 1947 by Bob Pond and inserted in his lures.
Bob Pond printed that the resluts of the Cape Cod Canal derby was as followed
1st place Joseph A Prada 36 pounds 1 oz on atom plug
2nd place Floyd Roman 32 pounds 10 oz on atom plug
3rd place tie ernest haskell on a squid and Stanley Gibbs on a atom
32lbs 8 oz
Truth or Punked?
Both Floyd Roman and Stan Gibbs were making lures
I dunno VB ... Bob Andrews, (Captain Andy's Lures) did tell me tho, that unlike today, those lure manufacturers back then, were actually all friends, fished each others plugs, and got along ....
Yup,
They were all friends , Stan and I talked about Floyd Roman and I am sure Bob was with them all the time. I just find it funny that they were fishing Bob's lures at a canal derby . I would bet it is a old joke between them
And after the derby
... Bob Andrews, (Captain Andy's Lures) did tell me tho, that unlike today, those lure manufacturers back then, were actually all friends, fished each others plugs, and got along ....
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