All us neighbors had at least one: we nick-named it "The Flattie". I had
just one for decades.
(Had to look it up among these, to be sure).
'Came out just before the "Mepps". "Mepps" in the picture are mostly in the left- and right- hand rows. The first Mepps arrived from France
and proved much better than "The Flattie".
I used a three-piece bamboo pole made and lacquered by hand in mid-50s Japan. To separate the three lengths, it arrived in a 3-pocket silk sleeve. All was contained within an 2" aluminum tube having a "bayonet" cap (½-turn) with a thin cork seal.
I used an ultra-lite spinning reel with it, and broke it
in the landing of a 28" grass pickerel.
Back then, we night-trolled Winnipesaukee's shorelines without navigation lights. I caught mostly Bass and "Roach" which (I forget) back then may have been actually the "Fallfish".
The catch I'll never forget using the "Flattie"??? 
A freshwater mussel!
