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Vek

2012-03-28 07:34:03

First time poster here. I'm a sporty working in Anchorage and doing my own minor bit of king trolling in the gulf of AK out of Seward and Whittier. I'll be moving back south to WA soon and there I'll pick back up fishing WCVI.

My Father-in-law came into a quantity of old spoons some 40+ years ago. I thought for a while they were mostly or all the #8 superiors, but it turns out there was quite a variety of new and used gear. Some of the stash I'll be offering for sale, but not before making this hat-in-hand inquiry about what I got, what they might be useful for, how best to fish them, and what experience you folks might have with these.

So here's what I got:

#5 Superiors - some brass, some cu/brass

#5 Canadian - a bunch painted, some brass

#5 LG Johnson - a bunch painted

#7 PTH (I hadn't heard of this one - it's a touch narrower than a Wonder, a bit flatter, and looks pretty good) - cu/brass, qty 2

#6 1/2 McMahon, a bunch cu/brass, and a bunch brass

#7 Wonder, some cu/brass, some brass (new)

#6 JHS ( I hadn't heard of these - profile similar to wonder but a bit broader overall, sharper at front than back, relatively flat overall profile, but some swoopy/curvy wrinkles stamped into the spoon) - a bunch with bad paint, a bunch in brass. I like the look of these to use alongside current tomic, oki'i, etc. herring and pilchard imitators

#7 JHS, 4 in cu/brass (new)

#8 McMahon, 16 cu/brass (new)

#7 McKnight, one in cu/brass

#7 1/2 Pacific (hadn't seen this one - similar shape as McMahon with a few wrinkles), 2 in brass

#6 Superior, a few painted

#7 superior, 5 in cu/brass, 12 in brass

#6 McMahon 3 in cu/brass

#2 PTH Wobbler / Gibbs Egg Wobbler (same shape and weight), 25 in cu/brass

#7 Fisco (like McMahon) , 2 in cu

#7 Miller - only a couple of these

#7 McMahon, 7 in cu/brass, 7 in chrome/brass, and 3 in brass

Finally, #8 McMahon, 31 in Cu/brass, 62 in gold bronze, 11 brass, 6 that are ratty painted.

Some are in better shape than others. Lots are new. Only a few are *really* tarnished.

Anyhow, I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences on these. And sorry for the long post.

Thanks,

Jerry

fvsedna

2012-03-30 01:59:42

Vek...

Are any of your Superiors copper/gold...50/50?

Andrew~

JKD

2012-03-30 06:02:48

A word to the wise - if the spoons in this collection really ARE 40+ years old, they undoubtedly have the old electro-plating which means they can be polished many, many times (unlike the current crop of bright metal spoons that will lose their bright surface with a little use of Flitz or Brasso). I am always more interested in old spoons than the versions now found in the stores of our suppliers. Ditching the old barrel swivels and crimping-on your favorite flavor of siwash hook and many of these oldies could turn into "goodies".

carojae

2012-03-31 02:40:26

Any Andy Reekers? Chrome/brass........

Jim

Vek

2012-04-01 00:34:14

No copper/gold superiors - copper brass only.

No andy reekers...

I erred on the last item - they're superiors, not mcmahons.

Would you run these with or without the barrel swivel if you were a sporty like me?

ats

2012-07-14 01:55:45

I was curious if you still had #6 and #7 JHS avaliable?