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  1. Was it called King's? That is my recollection anyway. Nice American story, btw.
  2. Is he the dude who kinda, sorta absorbed the Murat operation?
  3. It is no surprise that the river is still good. Real dynamic and diverse section of water between the dam and the outlet. Used to catch the random largemouth or smallmouth up against the dam when trying to make some bait.
  4. I have caught them ice fishing a couple of times. Random occurrence.
  5. Ok, good to know. The process you describe validates my observation of the paint job - robust. There is nothing artful or stylistic about the color schemes themselves, but that doesn't matter. It is a good, solid wooden plug. I plan on saving them - still feeling the sting from losing some early on. One night/early AM in Oct we were anchored up at the Deer Island rip in Boston Harbor working mackerel in the fast water. We couldn't buy a thrill. Just as it was getting light, I tied on my largest Blue Streak popper (mostly red) on the bait rod. I was letting it free spool out and then slowly working it in as one does in rips like that. At the same time I felt a hit I saw something flying out of the water out of the corner of my eye. I was hooked up for 2 or 3 seconds and then snap! Short wire leader and pretty sure 50# mono. I argued that it was a bluefish and what I saw was a second one trying to get it. My 2 buddies saw the hit better than me and swore it was a big shark - and what came out of the water was a pectoral fin as it rolled onto the bait. Either way, it ended in an all too familiar fashion: big hit, lost plug.
  6. Many decades ago got into a scrape on the Penobscot River near Ayers Island in Orono. Real fast moving water over a big drop in a canoe fishing for smallmouth. We got sideways on a ledge and it wasnt looking good. There was a line in the water with a small float on it that we wound up grabbing to get ourselves under control. Had never seen anything like that out there. Out of curiosity we pulled it up and it was a trap stuffed with eels - you couldnt fit one more in there. There had to be 20 pounds of them. We then noticed that there were at least half a dozen floats out there. While in college, I had been fishing that stretch of water for several years and never associated it with eels, nor had ever seen pots/floats out there, or anyone else ever fishing there. Since we did alot of striper fishing on the coast, we pulled together our own trap and put it out there a few days later. We managed a couple when we went back the next day. For a week we tried and didnt get a single one. And we noticed the other traps were all gone. Whoever had those traps out there knew the deal - in and out.
  7. As a kid in the 70's, my Dad would take the boat down to Marblehead Landing in Biddeford to fish the Saco. We would often stop at a tackle shop on Main Street (or Rt 1) that was right at the bridge (downstream side). I think it was called King's. Parking was a bear. Still have a rod that my Dad got there - a Moby Stick! Anyone remember that place?
  8. In the grand scheme of things, where do Blue Streaks fall on the hallowed status totem pole? I found 8 or 9 of them in an old boat at a junkyard 34 years ago (some with boxes). Poppers, swimmers, and a squid (that has never been fished as far I can tell). They werent totally trashed, but all but one saw some action at some point before I got hold of them. I fished a couple when I first got them, but found that they were pretty productive and lost 3 or 4 (I have 5 left) before I decided to ease them out of the rotation. Ironically a gal I was dating in the 90's lived in an apartment in the building where they were once cranked out (Waltham, MA). I like them because they have a pretty robust paint job. Even the few that I fished and still have I would say 90% of the glitter is still attached. I hardly ever see any flakes in the boxes or organizers I have them in.
  9. One thing to keep in mind about the longer rods, is the length of the butt. This would be an issue if you are buying one wily nily or inheriting one. I have my old man's 12' DeStafano built spinning rod. A great piece of gear. But it is hard for me to cast with because I have shorter arms than my Dad. 9&10 footers dont seem to be a problem. Unless you get a custom rod built for your frame, or you have long arms, you might find that slinging a long rod too much or lacking the big casts. However if that butt length matches you, casting a big rod like that all day isnt any different than a 9 or 10 I have experienced.
  10. I saw that, and was encouraged that it was open within the last couple of years anyway. Are they still doing bait? I am hoping to get down that way in mid May (for work) and i might throw a stick in in case I can sneak out for some coastal action. That place was the classic creaky floor old establishment. Even though I was in my mid 20's when I started going in there (from Worcester), it still hd that "charm" that makes an impression on one when they are a kid.
  11. So I posted in Main Forum about Dicks Tackle (and Hobby, I forgot about that part!). I thought it was Central Falls, but I was corrected - it is in Pawtucket. Is that still a going concern? I liked going in there because of it's super old time feel. Plus he always had eels when I needed them. I imagine that someone new must be running the place if it is still going. The guy running it was getting up there 20+ years ago when I was last in there.
  12. Thanks dickd, I wasn't thinking!
  13. Whatever became of that old bait shop in Central Falls, RI? I think it was Dick's Bait and Tackle. The older gentleman that ran it was a man of few words. Must have gone in there 50 times to get eels and aside from telling me how much I owed him, he never said much. I havent been there in almost 30 years and for some reason just had a random memory of the place.
  14. Thanks Bubs. I figured this wasn't a super rare or much sought after old rod. But I had to ask. Now I just need to come up with an idea on how to repurpose that huge, cool rod tip.
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