Rich Kovars
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Again based on the value of unskilled wages, that 1935 Double L would cost about $530 today. This was presumably LL Bean’s sort of ordinary, middle-of-the road rod?
Zach
It was the only offering for fly rods in that particular mailing.
Hey Zach,
Here is what I have:
Spring 1935 L.L. Bean Catalog
Double L Rod – 13.50
Double L Reel – 2.65
Double L Line – 2.50Complete Outfit 17.00
(all prices were postage paid)
Orvis 1970 Catalog
Wes Jordan Rods 235 -282 depending on the rod
Battenkill Rods – about 110 – 201 depending on configuration
Madison Rods 89 – 127 again depending on configuration
Superfine (Bamboo) – 150 – 197
Rocky Mountain Outfit – 211
Full Flex Glass – 47.50 – 54.50Battenkill Reel (Ultra-light) – 33.50-36.50
Battenkill Multiplier 37.50
Madison – 15.75-19.75
Bogdan – 135-150Orvis Lines – 16.50 – 25
Let me know if you need any specific models or scans of any pages for reference.
–Rich
Awesome pics and post!
I will tag onto this thread later with more on the Smoke Jumper headquarters, but for now let me just say that the tour was one of the biggest highlights of our trip. A great book about the smoke jumpers is Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean’s son….awesome read.
Great book. It was actually written by Norman Maclean not his son (his son narrates the audio version). He did years of research on that fire before he wrote the book. The book influenced some of the tactics still used today in fighting wild fire.
I have always wanted to do the tour. I’m looking forward to more smokejumper info!
Incidentally, this site has been hacked two different ways. The first time, ‘iframe’ elements were loaded onto all the index pages to reroute traffic to a spam/porn site. This time, a PHP vulnerability was exploited to change the .htaccess file. Thing is, both times the time-stamps were not altered. No one I’ve talked to knows how that was done.
Zach
It’s not impossible depending on how they do it. Here is a link to a Perl function that will do it.
The Terraplane was the bag that set the standard when Gleason was running Dana Designs in the mid 90’s.
Hey Zack,
Not exactly apples, but for comparison, you can look at Mystery Ranch bags.
Hey David, I haven’t seen it yet, but it looks like it is based off of the hunter’s sling pack design.
Very interesting thread. I’m not sure my reading had as much of an impact on my love of the outdoors as life in general. I lived on a farm until I was about seven and grew up around fishing and hunting. My mom tells a story that when we moved I would ride my bike up and down the street saying, “Where are my trees?” That sounds about right.
I couldn’t get enough of The Great Brain series by John D. Fitzgerald when I was in grade school. I think I read every Black Stallion book too (by Walter Farley). I remember liking the exotic locations of the Stallion books.
I’ve developed a pretty eclectic library since then. A mixed bag of science fiction (William Gibson, Neal Stephenson), mysteries (William Tapply, John D. McDonald, recently John Galligan), fishing and hunting (Tapply, Gierach, Sparse Gray Hackle, Leeson, Babb, too many to name here), fiction (Thomas McGuane, Jim Harrison), adventure (Joe Simpson – if you have never read Touching the Void, you should, Tasker, Boardman, Krakauer) and classics (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Gabriel Garcia Marquez). I’ll read just about anything that is written well with an intriguing story to tell.
Zach Smith – Definitley check out William Tapply for some good fishing essays (and hunting too in my opinion). Trout Eyes and Pocket Water are two really good ones. For hunting, his book Upland Days is good and I am looking forward to Upland Autumn: Birds, Dogs and Shotgun Shells due out in a couple of months. Unfortunately, he just passed away and his voice will be missed.
