Remember Jared's Outdoor Store?

[blacktail]

Wondering how many of you remember Jared's Outdoor Stores?

I can remember there being one in downtown Oregon City near Publishers Paper, one in Oak Grove and one in Bend. Not sure if there were others or not?

I was just a kid then, but looking back it seems like they were pretty neat stores.

Another Oregon City store was the Fishin' Hole up by Singer Hill. I remember he started out in his garage before he had the store.

I remember saving all my money as a kid and spending it in these stores as well as Larry's.

Any of you remember these, and/or any other oldies but goodies?

Mike

[freespool]

I think there was one in Albany in the early 70s.

salmon hugger

[ 01-12-2004, 01:18 PM: Message edited by: freespool ]

[PayDay]

Jared's Outdoor n More.
I delivered the newspaper to the Oregon City store on Main Street when I was a kid.

[hawgcatcher]

There used to be a little section of the drug store by the Oregon City bridge, that had fishing tackle. When I was young, I would go in there and get tackle. I also got plugs and spinners at the Outdoor Store.

There was a Jeweler in Portland, I believe on 3rd av, called Rose's Jewelry. He would sell us spinner blades, beads, wire and hooks. We would make these up and cast them from Black Point for Chinook.

Larry's was a small shop in the OC Shopping center when it started in the late 60's. Knew Larry from when he was a teenager, so spent a lot of time there. He then moved into the bigger place (now Fisherman's Marine) and also opened up a Gresham Store and then a Cedar Hills Store.

There was also Foster's Sporting Goods in Portland and several Wig Wam stores, Where Bob Toban was employed.

Used to be these stores were always friendly and willing to tell a young kid, how to fish and with what he should use.

[diamondfish]

You are forgetting the one on 99W in McMinnville. I think it was the last store to close. It closed in the mid 80's I think.

Wow what a blast from the past, a name I had almost forgotten about.

[Gus Orviston]

yep use to hit the mac store in 80-84 ish, it closed somewhere thereabouts.

gus

[Reel Fun Fish'n]

Yea I remember Jared's Outdoor and More and Larry's, Foster's Wigw

[Reel Fun Fish'n]

Yea I remember Jared's Outdoor and More and Larry's, Foster's Wigwams.
Larry's actualy started in Sellwood before moving to Oregon City. Then when a discount store called Franklyns colsed Larry doubled in size.
Foster's Sporting Goods was about 65th and Foster as I remember and as a young guy wow what a place.. and the guy behind the counter sure was patience with me answere all of my stupid 10 year old questions, at least that how I rememnber it

[Chromaflage]

I bought my first fly tying kit from the Outdoor and More store in McMinnville with pop bottle/can money...spent a few weeks there with my grandparents that summer - spent most of the time littering my grandparents house with feathers, fur and head cement....oh, what a mess!

I've got one for you - who remembers Wig Wam? If I recall correctly, there was one on 82nd and one in Mall 205....that was even pre-Larry's I think. (Oh, looks like someone already beat me to Wig Wam - should've been there yesterday).

ORS

[ 01-12-2004, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: OregonRedside ]

[wannacatchem]

Fondly remember jarads in Bend. Before that was Bobs Sporting goods on Hwy 97 and Franklin. That place smelled like worm bedding, gun oil and outboard smoke. Neat place, wood floors, old men wasting time. Now it's a car lot. Another place in Bend was Ken Cales. It was an old time hardware store, sold some tackle too.

[Phishin Phool]

There was one in Albany. It was where the Big 5 Sporting goods is now. I loved that store. [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]

[SandyRiverRon]

There was a Wig Wam at 102nd and NE Sandy in the Parkrose neighborhood...lasted into the 80's.

[willierower]

Jareds was on first steet in albany many moons ago.

[Spoiled Daddy]

wannacatchem,

Boy o Boy did you bring back the memories. I grew up in Bend and for 2 summers in a row, my buddy and I used to "pick" night crawlers and sell them to Jared's on Hwy 97. We spent almost all of the money we made on fishing gear. We would take in between 75-100 dozen worms every Friday morning. We used every school, Courthouse, City Hall and park lawn to keep up with the orders the store would put in. Once we got to the store, then we would mash up worm bedding and load the little paper buckets. I am pretty sure I still have one of the rod/reel combos that I bought with my "worm" money.

Lots of good memories of going out into the parking lot with one of the employees and he would let us work a fly rod next to the little donut shop on the corner.

SD

[Rauly]

Man, you just brought back some old memories. Does anyone remember the Herter's catalog? It used to be as thick as the phone book. I spent many hours and dollars in Herters.

Rauly

[FishinTechnician]

Foster's also had a store on Lombard and *****ula in No. Portland. Dick Olsen ran it and hired me to clerk and wrap rods when I was a junior in high school. Worked there for two years after school and summers.

[No Bail]

Man, I lived for that trip to the Wig-Wam in Beaverton. After coming home, I'd pull out my Herters catalog and start planning my mail order, when I saved my money that is. This thread brought many great memories. Making my first steelhead rod at Sunset High, but not lettering in the great team sport of rifle competition. I even carried my rifle home to practice dry firing. Don't see that activity sanctioned much anymore.

[Wood N' Fish]

Most of the sporting goods stores in the 60's were surplus stores. Yea----Army Surplus ---Like of which GI Goes got it's start. These stores got with it, by selling surplus GI stuff they got for pennies. Sam Zidell, was one of the masters of this era! Whew- :shocked:

[1pump]

I was a WigWam veteran, 102nd & Sandy.

I also remember when GI Joe's was a surplus store over on Vancouver Avenue spread out in several buildings. At least two of the buildings are still there, along with the old bomb casings they used as fence posts.

I went to the Jared's store in Bend a couple of times, probably '83-84. Didn't they have a pretty good sized display of mounts? :whazzup:

I started shopping at Fisherman's when it was that little hole on Columbia, but I bet a lot of us remember that.
I liked it better then. :depressed:

[glassblower]

I used to go to the Outdoor store in McMinnville, my father and I bought allot of gear there over the years they were open.

[ripnlips]

I remember all those stores also. Spent lots of time and money in each. Not sure, but something makes me think that the advent of GI Joes had something to do with the demise of the Outdoor Store. Maybe a buyout. Grew up in OC. Great memories.

[Hookset]

Willierower, what year was Jareds on first street in Albany?

I only remember Jared's Outdoor N' More on Pacific where McMahhon's furniture is now. That was back in the 70's.

Are you really that old to remember that far back?

[Salmonator]

Jareds was in Albany until at least '77, the year I transplanted from SoCal. I remember buying cards of steelies there and I think I also bought my first Quick 110N there.

[Salmon Hot Shot]

Are there any more Larry's in the Portland area?

[Paddlefish]

Man, you guys are tellin' my life history!

How did Wigwam ever go out of business, with all the money they received from my brothers and me, NE Sandy, N Lombard, AND SW Canyon?!

And Herter's? I've still got my Herter's fly tying vise, furs and feathers, plug and spinner building supplies, and more. I remember their short-lived store in Olympia. Heck, I even considered buying a canoe through Herters!

And GI Joes: I remember just one small building on North Vancouver in the late 50s. I don't even remember any fishing gear back then. Just war surplus gear and lots and lots of cigarettes for the Washingtonians. (And, honestly, I think the lower Oregon cigarette tax and the proximity to Vancouver is what gave Joe's their original cash flow to become the empire they are now.)

And -- the ultimate admission -- I bought my first fly rod from a Safeway at NE 70th and Sandy in Portland. :shocked: That Safeway somehow had a variety section, including fishing gear. That 35-plus-year-old, 8 1/2-foot Eagle Claw lives to this day, unlike the Safeway store, which became a church decades ago, and now . . .?

[Wreckless]

Ahhhh the Wigwam......Many hours of my youth (and a few dollars) were spent at the Hillsboro Wigwam. 10th and Walnut I think is where it was.....Thanks for the memory!

[Hanapa'a Time]

Jared's, was one in Springfield also.
Got my first big game rifle (.30-06) from there.

[Buck50]

Wow, you guys are bringing back many many memories! Jareds in OC, Wigwam on Canyon. Pawing through all the neat stuff at the old GI Joes on Vancouver Ave. Gad, that was years ago! I remember I always had to have my new Herters catalog every year. It could take days to wade through it all.
A much younger simpler time....

[No Wishin Just Fishin]

Yes I remember Jareds and also Wigwam in Hillsboroe I think Tolman was involved with Wigwam. Also, does anybody remember Jand R Sporting goods in Hillsboro? Bought my first new rifle there and my first Fenglas.

[Boxcar]

WOW!!!
MEMORIES!!!
All the stores you ifishers are mentioning were destination priorities with me as a teen. Worked at Larry's in the 70's and Tigard Wigwam when Bob T. and his partner opened them up. Showed up for work one day and the sign on the door said "Closed for Inventory" (short career at Wigwam). Places such as these always gave great individual customer service. There was a place for everyone around the ole' coffee pot...sharing stories and the like.
Do you remember the fish scales outside Larry's in O.C.?
Great memories. Thanks! :grin: [img]graemlins/lurk.gif[/img]

[Reel Fun Fish'n]

Bob Toman left Larry's to be the general manager of Wigmans... but too little to late, they folded shortly after that.
Here's a bit of history we know of Buzz Ramsey. Did you know he started at G.I. Joes on N. Vancouver Ave.

[Chromaflage]

How about the pop-up shops? Anyone remember the H&H Tackle that was at the corner of Kane and Division in Gresham for a short time?

[ 01-13-2004, 06:26 PM: Message edited by: OregonRedside ]

[Private-Aye-Fish]

BT,

Thanks for a blast from the past. It is funny you mentioned it. This summer I attended the funeral for the father of one of my closest friends and my oldest fishing buddy. We grew up fishing the Willamette as kids in West Linn down by the old sewage treatment plant and down at Mary S. Young Park. Caught millions of Carp, Chub and catfish there.

Anyway, one of the people that attended the funeral was a girl I'd known in grade school and high school that worked for years at the Jared's Outdoor Store near the old Greyhound Bus stop there in Oregon City. It's been 15 years since I saw her.

I think I spent half my time at Jared's looking at tackle and half my time looking at her .

A stroll down Memory Lane in always good for a :smile:

Thanks again.