re: Old tackle box

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Have one in garage like that was dads, his wife hocked the rest, bitch.

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My dad died when I was only 8, and that was 63 years ago now. I only have 3 things that he owned from back then.

I still have his fiberglass fishing rod with the old style turned wooden handle with brass fittings to secure the reel that I had new guides put on many years ago so I could use a spinning reel.

Then 2 pieces of jewelry, one a gold tie tack shaped like a hand holding a small diamond between the thumb and forefinger. The other is a gold ring with a square black onyx set in it and the initial of our first name in it.

I cherish these few things and to this day still use that fishing pole, especially when on the Mississippi River going after catfish.