Does VINTAGE FLY FISHING GEAR still work? 

Hey guys, I am the happy owner of my Dads 1951 South Bend 8' Flyrod and love using it. Vintage is the best.

I really enjoyed this video and found it after searching for vintage fly fishing. I took out my great grandfather’s steel fly rod and reel on a recent trip and caught some native brookies here in NC. I’m now subscribed.

Enjoyed the video as usual, it put a smile on my face.

If you look around on eBay they have virtual hordes of vintage fishing gear, just picked up a vintage fly fishing vest looking for a vintage trout fishing net. Love using some of the old vintage stuff the same our dads and grandfathers used for fun and can really save money on gear.

I always enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.

I live in North ga and love spending my time on the rivers fly fishing

I love that variable float rating for the boat. Great video guys!

I love you guys, keep up the good work. greetings from Chile

I just got my grandpas old setup from the 70’s… nice little browning arms reel and a daiwa rod

We are starting to clear out my Dad's house. He had a Herter's fly rod that he built from a kit in the mid 50's. I paired it up with an old Pfleugar pepper grinder and took it out yesterday. No steelhead, but lots of smaller rainbows. They must have stocked the creek recently. I ground some pepper. Old glass rod, good idea, old waders, not so good.

I have an Orvis Graphite 6W I got off eBay, late 80s/ early 90s and an Orvis Madison Click reel. Fun to fish, it’s a bit different than any modern rods I have for sure but it works!

That pick and pawl just has an awesome sound.

If your registration on THAT boat is up to date, then mad respect.

A great video thank you. Just remember a fish does not know the difference between a high quality rod and reel and a cheap one.😉

I love using my old fiberglass rod, it’s super slow on the back cast and fun on the set.

I just subscribed. Enjoyed the show as much as I enjoy using my Dads late 1960's Pflueger Medalist 1495 and occasionally his Shakespeare fiberglass fly rod. But im more of a graphite guy. Sage Fly Rods 11wt for San Diego offshore and 6wt for visiting my family in Wyoming. The St Croix Imperial 8wt is a fun one here in SoCal SD for me at least, others say 6wt

Awesome video as usual

Most of my gear is that age up to twice as old. But so am I. I did by a new rod for tenkara a couple years ago. Hope to see y’all on the Hootch someday

Ya'll are definitely a break from other type of videos about fly fishing. Very entertaining. I see your hat indicates Glenwood, could not make out what the logo was on the hat. That is where I lived when I was 18 and first learned to fly fish on the Pan.

Resumed fly fishing 6 months ago after a 30-year break, have bought a new 9'5# Redington Path II which is a delight to cast, but I also use my 1970s RG Edwards (heavy) fibreglass rod with an Intrepid Rimfly reel. On balance I have caught more fish with the vintage rod than with the new one. That may be because I use it more for blobs and lures and the Redington for light wets and dries, but anyway, it works fine (even if my shoulder is aching after a day fishing!)

I fucking love these videos, I live and Georgia and fish the Chattahoochee pretty often these vids help out a lot

My dad used to say the fish doesn’t know what’s on the other end of the line. It’s just one jerk, waiting for another jerk.

A wise old man once told me that a fish don't care what's in your hands. It only cares about what is being presented. Great stuff!

That was fun!

Once again, you guys have succeeded in not amazing me. But you continue to amuse me. So I'm heading from Oregon to North Carolina in a couple weeks and will be spending a few days in Bryson City environs. Booked a guide even! I'm hoping...

I use my paps sage graphite 3 and a hardy perfect 3 1/4 reel. I stopped using that reel when I found out the pricing so now I use a newer orvis reel with my sage

good !!!

up til last year I was using my one and only fly rod that my mother bought me back in 1986.. An Abu Garcia rod with a Martin fly reel. Works just fine.

Yay! I loveeee yall

I saw that you replied to a guy that this is the Abbotts launch. That's good intel. I'm only a 45 minute drive from there.

My new favorite channel, im gald youtube reccomended me you guys!!!!! SUBBED!!!!!!!

I own one of these fishing rod but the tip is kinda broken but it still works.

I have a 6 1/2ft Great Lakes fly company fiberglass rod with a vintage Hardy and a 9ft Phillipson/peerless bamboo rod with a South Bend oren-o-matic. I have mildly rebuild the peerless, however both of the setups are 60+ years old and land the trout and catties just the same, sometimes better. Good luck guys!!

Nothing wrong with old glass. I like it when the rods are older than the fishermen.

I got a old rod that was my grandpas and i also got a bunch of his lures that are in good condition!

Good vintage gear is different than cheap vintage gear :)

Amusing, but I was actually hoping to see splitcane/bamboo and silk lines....

Hey guys, I have been subscribed for a while and I really enjoy the content! I was wondering which video editing software you use and how much does it cost? Thanks in advance

I pick up every old rod I can get and repair it, I fish almost every day with a different rod and reel

I fish with a bamboo rod from 1930, auto reel from 1940 and actual silk line.

I bought a vintage Abbey and Embry stainless steel fly rod 9', 4 piece many years ago. There isn't one video on RU-vid for "steel fly rod", this video is the first one that comes up. These rods are out there, a few on ebay. Maybe you could do a video noone else has done. Challenge!

I need to know where this is!

where did you put in (which ramp)?

what Walmart can you buy flies from and what flies rn are good for the chattohochee river also nice videos

I have an old eagle claw rod that was my dads. It’s probably from the 70s. That thing is like a buggy whip! I wonder why fisherman liked such a flimsy rod back then OR has the fiberglass aged over the years making it flimsy ?? 🤔

When you realize Steve pretty much coached u thru the ap world test.

Medlock Bridge ramp ?

I just bought a vintage reel from a garage sale lol

What happened to Good Buddy Fly fishing? Haven't seen anything new in a while.

That's all I use is vintage. I have way more fun than most and catch alot of fish compared to the guys that spend a fortune

Fishing is fun even with a line wrapped around a sode can and yarn on a hook as a fly.It just goes to show that fancy gear is nice but simple (vintage)gear works! Keep laughing and have fun!

I wouldn't mind learning to fly fish. But I would have to go buy a rod and I'd rather buy spin casting gear. Wishbi had a buddy to fly fish. Maybe even a good buddy.

Can you fish Helen streams and stuff

Negative beard man .... Don’t be fooled by all the new equipment... Many people have gone back to the old set ups and fishing gear .. Georgina Ballantine with her 64lb salmon in 1922. A 97-year-record for the biggest rod-caught salmon in Scotland will never be broken as their numbers have plummeted, experts warn. Ghillie's daughter Georgina Ballantine entered angling legend in 1922 when she landed a 64lb salmon on the River Tay.

Lose the face masks! Seriously? I’m embarrassed for you guys.