Graphite Rods Only for the Wealthy Angler
Fenwick introduced the first graphite rods in 1974, and if you read Figure 2, you’ll see that they were introduced at the hefty price of roughly $150 each.
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Author: Terry Battisti
The California Lunker Club – Dave Coolidge – Part One
“Here I was holding an event where I was responsible to hand out $100 and I only had nine members,” he said. “Then we show up at Cachuma and 37 anglers show up to participate – 28 of which were new members.”
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Bagleys – 1977
The year 1977 was a banner year for the company due to the fact that Rick Clunn had just won back-to-back Bassmaster Classics and caught some of his fish in each event on Bagley’s baits.
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The Advent of the Football Head
“I got the mold done and had the guys over for a pouring session. When the first few heads came out of the mold, one of the guys said, ‘That looks like a football.’” The name stuck. This was around 1965.
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Season at a Glance: 1971 Bass Master Trail – Part One
The 1971 Bassmaster season, or as they used to call it, “The Society’s Tournament Trail,” became the second such season where an angler would be recognized for consistency throughout the year. This title, as called out in the 1971 Nov/Dec issue of Bassmaster Magazine, was the Point Scoring Crown, known today as the Angler of the Year award.
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What were they thinking
All this new stuff is great and serves a purpose but give me an old 1/4- to 1/2-ounce Norman Redman spinnerbait (red head of course) and I’m happy about 90% of the time.
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Western Champions 1976
Then there’s Dee Thomas and his protégé Dave Gliebe, both just after taking the southern B.A.S.S. events by storm with the new Flippin’ technique. Another western legend in this mix is Mike Folkestad, who also put a hurtin’ on some of the events in the east and still takes a good sum of cash from western anglers today.
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Rebel and Cordell Boats?
Here we have two, not one but two, lure companies vying for their share of the bass boat market. In the first ad we see Glin Wells fishing out of the the Rebel Classic at Classic I held in 1971 at Lake Mead.
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The Action Worm – Gimmick or the Real Deal
The first time I came across the Action Lures Breathing Worm was around 1978. They were hanging on the wall at the shop I worked at – already having a number of birthdays there – collecting dust.
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1970 Bassmaster AOY Clarification
In the article, “Season at a Glance: 1971 Bassmaster Trail – Part One,” there was a little confusion as to the AOY and Classic titles. Harold Sharp was kind enough to direct me to the article that defined the AOY.
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