Scored some new (old) steelheading kit

[MJL]

With everyone sharing their new steelheading kit as of late, I thought I’d share a pic of some bits of tackle I just picked up today. A rare find (at least for me), I picked up 5 new Olympique spinners from the local tackle shop. Found them tucked away in a dark corner of a reel case – They were the last ones. The shop-keep gave me a good discount to take them off his hands figuring that no one else would ever buy them.

 

 

I can’t remember the last time I saw these for sale in shops. I actually can’t remember ever seeing them for sale anywhere. A few of the older anglers told me they used to get them back in the 70’s (before my time). My uncle Mark gave me 1 of these spinners along with a few other lures for my 5th birthday. I caught my first steelhead the following spring on the spinner when my uncle took me to the Ganaraska to fish for some silver bass – Certainly a welcome surprise and no doubt the moment that got me hooked into steel. Over the years I’ve purchased less than a handful old and tarnished Olympique spinners off fisherman who no longer use hardwear (or gave up the game completely). I always seem to have great success with these lures…At least till they end up in snags. Can’t wait to use these babies, I’m sharpening them at this very moment!

[solopaddler]

I've still got a bunch of those in my arsenal from back in the day, not a bad spinner.

Another popular one from the same era was the Veltic...

Sold in many shops until roughly the mid-eighties.

 

Cool find!

[ironstone74]

Nice pick up Man,

 

Keep one for the mantle, a vintage lure.

 

Paul