Origin of Canal Special ?

[capesams]

yup! made just for old man gibbs himself...never got on the market, although some were sold out of his shop, they were made in his later years so he could use them to fish with....around 3oz..

[MAC]

3 1/8 oz

[capesams]

27/8's

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by capesams

yup! made just for old man gibbs himself...never got on the market, although some were sold out of his shop, they were made in his later years so he could use them to fish with....around 3oz..

Steve, they were always available after 1975 commercially, that's when I first saw them in a shop. Red top was the only shop that he would make them available to until Johnny bought and ran the shop that is across from Quintals by the Bourne rotary ( Cape Cod Charlie's) that only lasted a couple years. You could get them from the get go at the shop ( Stan's house and cottage factory) where he sold the seconds and one of a kinds that hung on the wire over the counter there before 1975.