doug hodder wrote:Mike....here's what I have without doing a major excavation in the attic. Somewhere I've got all my old salt water stuff from Alaska, didn't really need it in Co. but I did save it. Here's grandpas creel and minnow bucket, the little aluminum leader box was stuffed full of flies that he had tied. I've had it since he died 40 years ago, dunno exactly how old it is. Doug
Thanks for the effort Doug. Attic mining can be a lot of work, but it usually is very productive. Plus, and I don't know if you feel this way, but when I see something that I know one of my long deceased relatives used to own, I am transported back in time. I remember a fishing trip or just having them call me a lunkhead, for falling in the lake. But most attic finds, including pictures, evoke very strong, mostly good memories for me. That is why, this sub-forum, will probably turn out to be one of my favorites.