I honestly don't remember why he used to do all that. What brought the subject up between he and I was the collapsible dryer that I found among his fishing junk. Mono was around strong when I came along, and my oldest brother was 12 years my senior. I would have to say thatt this was in the 40's to early 50's that he used that , and maybe before. Dad was born in 1916 so he saw some changes along the way.Once all us kids came along( 4 of us) he worked 2 jobs and I never saw him drag all the old stuff out and use it. He also had several cedar and Bamboo rods I'd like to have today.
Creativity is just intelligence fooling around