My dad bought an old Ranger from an old couple in toledo bend. They were camp neighbors. The old man fell ill and never made it back to God's Country. But as he was home in bed sick he gave my dad permission to go in his camp and take some momentos. I didn't get to go in the camp but dad said the old man had a tackle buying problem! Dad said there was old pistol grip rods still in the plastic bags 12-15 in each corner of the camp. Never had reels on them! Lew's, Abu Garcia, Shimano, you name it he had it! Chest of Drawers full of reels still in the boxes. This isn't counting the rigs already spooled up and used by the old man and his wife. Dad wasn't greedy. He took 3-4 rod and reels that he knew the old man used. He left the rest to the family. Not long after that the old man passed. That was about 5 years ago that he passed. And last month his wife passed. The family since then has cleaned out the camp of all the fishing tackle. IDK what they did with it all but I hope they realized what they had.
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