I still have my Dad's Browning Silaflex fly rod that is heavy but I refuse to get rid of it. I remember a group of guys that were north of Daytona Beach when I lived down there, that did trips "in period". So if they used say 1945 as a date, everything they used had to made before 1945 or, as in the line, the same as it would have been before 1945. Old baitcast reels with no extra's like we have today were the norm. Imagine casting an Oreno or Creek Chub and having a good Snook or Redfish latch hold. I read of a couple of their outings, they really had a time of it and cried long and loud about the classic plugs that got broken off. I have had some classic stuff in the past but most of mine now has another home.