I was really impressed with his collection. I knew that my grandfather on my Dad's side was into fishing, and I've seen his gear and his collection of pictures (including a 54" muskie) and skin mounts (the tail of the 54" muskie, a big smallie, and the head of a 20lbs pike). But I never knew that my grandfather on my mothers side was really into it as well.
Anyhow, I came upon some neat stuff including some old mepps spinners, a Rapala Original floater and a nice "True Temper" fishing reel.
The stuff was in awesome condition and he even kept the original receipt.
Here's one of the reels:
Here's the receipt, its hard to read but it was bought Feb 24/1975 at Pascal Hardware Co. in Montreal, Quebec. The total was 19.95
Here's the Guarantee slip... it doesn't have an expiry date, maybe I should break it and see if it they will steal fix it! Thats if True Temper is still around...
Here's the other reel he bought, this is the booklet.
And something I found that is REALLY cool, an old tournament entry form! Its in awesome condition, and there's no marking on it... I guess he never entered.
I thought I'd share this with you folks, and maybe if any of you have any information on some of this gear, feel free to tell me all about it.
The TT reel is still good, maybe it will make a good muskie reel; however, its VERY heavy!
I always love looking at old fishing gear and baits. All our lures these days are "scientific" and really have a lot of research put into them. My grandfathers only ever used Mepps spinners, and that didn't stop them from catching some BIG fish!
:shock:I still have one and a few 300's.......good stuff Snag, keep it don't sell it....it's family history 
That reel looks like one I have. Mine is a Penn 209 MF which looks identical to that one in the pic. I bought mine in the late seventies also and paid $29.99 at K-Mart. ....Man that makes me feel old all of a sudden 
Interesting stuff though! Cheers! 
