LuckyLuca wrote: Why they sold such a small tin for maggots I don't know? Not room for many grubs in there.
That's because most of the Woolies tackle was designed for kids who as such could not, mostly, afford a pint of Germs. A half pint or quarter was as much as most of us around at the time could afford.....tackle shops catered for this market!
Generally people were very much poorer than they are nowadays and kids really had to make do and mend mangy old bits of tat and cast offs from well meaning older anglers/relatives. A decent reel was more often than not over a weeks wages back in the 1950's/early 1960's. The first decent reel this Mole ever had was an Ambidex Mark 6 Swan Neck which my Dad saved up for by giving up his pipe for a few months, a tremendous effort back then when everyone smoked and collaring all the relatives for a
chip in. This would have been about 1966; more importantly that reel is still used and cherished by this very Mole
In this throwaway age not many bits of tackle will last the distance of that you can be sure!
But it really makes you realise just how silly the prices of Traditional Tackle have become and perhaps also, to some extent, the people who pay extravagantly for it. Let's face it paying thousands for a rod and reel, albeit aesthetically pleasing and good quality, would very likely have had those who actually originally used the tackle back then, or the newly made even more expensive tackle copying their stuff, looking with disbelief and choking on their pints!
No doubt there will be those who would whole heartedly disagree with this, as is their right, by claiming it's their money to spend how they wish. Rightly so, but if they are truly honest with themselves the prices have become ridiculous and not really justifiable, whatever the specious argument.
This Mole uses old tackle because it is what he is used to and can't really get on with carbon this and that; utilising most of the old tat that he has been given over the years.......Cherishing it because it still works very much on a make do and mend basis from the 1950's.
Yes I am that old and nowt really has changed from the Mole perspective with regard to tackle and fishing really
As ever,.....
Mole Power!!!