fenton
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Post by fenton on Jan 20, 2008 17:35:00 GMT
I came across the following whilst having a sort out today. Has anyone any experience of using the top one, is it one of those tasmanian devils? Number two came from an old chap I knew (now deceased) It looks a prettty mean beasty, with two 'flying trebbles' attached to the body, Best kept for the oddities shelf at home I would suspect..! Number three, at first I thought was old, but with williethe ghillie.com stamped on one of the brass fins I don't think so! I have my wife to thank for the last one, which she brought back from a game fair. Named a 'cuby' it is a bizarre looking thing which she insisted on using. It has only had one swim, no fish but several follows. I'm sure that the fish were simply bemused! Could be a killer on the whiteadder this spring tho! Cheers F
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Post by salmonking on Jan 20, 2008 17:48:47 GMT
Could be a killer on the whiteadder this spring tho! Cheers F You trying to wind me up or what? ;D [/quote]
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Post by Roobarb on Jan 20, 2008 17:59:11 GMT
No.1 is indeed a Tasmanian devil, an utterly useless lure on small rivers.
No.4 "The Ribbed Tickler" looks more suited to cod!
Andy
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fenton
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Post by fenton on Jan 20, 2008 18:01:14 GMT
Ahhhhh,
first cast of the season........... came around gently in front of his nose....... a wee bit of interest.....(?) but the wily one dismissed it as an imitation!!
Cheers F
NB, i thought the 'odd' spinners were mildly interesting tho!
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Post by jackfish on Jan 20, 2008 18:03:55 GMT
Phil The top one looks very much like a Tasmanian devil which i have used a few times to no avail, but then again some people swear by them, allegedly very good for sea-trout. For the one below it looks similar to the Quill minnow as sold by mchardys of carlisle. As for the other 2 never seen them before but as you know anything is worth a go..
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Post by sinkingtip on Jan 20, 2008 18:16:12 GMT
Hi fenton - If I recall correctly WTG.com marked these lures several years ago in a similar manner to Purdey would a matching pair of hand engraved side locks (nice rosewood box btw) and incorporated the shell of the Abalone molusc as its main feature.
Don't know where you got it from but the boxed pair, from memory, retailed for well over a tun - thats 50 sheets a chuck mind !! STip
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Post by ravenscraig on Jan 20, 2008 18:20:54 GMT
The 2nd lure down looks like some of the lures in an old Hardys catalogue i have from the 1930 s..
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fenton
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Post by fenton on Jan 20, 2008 18:21:13 GMT
Hi fenton - If I recall correctly WTG.com marked these lures several years ago in a similar manner to Purdey would a matching pair of hand engraved side locks (nice rosewood box btw) and incorporated the shell of the Abalone molusc as its main feature. Don't know where you got it from but the boxed pair, from memory, retailed for well over a tun - thats 50 sheets a chuck mind !! STip Er honestly? ? F
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Post by Speyducer on Jan 20, 2008 18:40:04 GMT
The second one down is definitely a quill minnow; it will have a lead centre, stuffed into the quill of a swan feather, and usually silk whipped/bound at either end, having been drilled appropriately for the wire trace and all the bristling trebles.
I can't recall whether it is the lead which is painted, or the outside of the quill, but the whole body (when new!) would have been heavily laquered.
I inherited a couple of these from my grandfather, but are truly just gathering dust somewhere in my 'tackle shed'!
Mike
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Post by baroness on Jan 20, 2008 18:41:22 GMT
No 2 does look awfully like a quill minnow. Good on small rivers, too light to cast any great distance. I used to use it(or similar) on the Nairn 20 years ago, on the recommendation of John Cathcart. Never got a fish, but did get sea trout in clearing and falling water.
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Post by sinkingtip on Jan 20, 2008 18:42:49 GMT
Hi fenton - If I recall correctly WTG.com marked these lures several years ago in a similar manner to Purdey would a matching pair of hand engraved side locks (nice rosewood box btw) and incorporated the shell of the Abalone molusc as its main feature. Don't know where you got it from but the boxed pair, from memory, retailed for well over a tun - thats 50 sheets a chuck mind !! STip Er honestly? ? F Ugh - yeah !! ;D ..... but whether or not they were ever worth that is HIGHLY debatable
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Post by buckfastvalley on Jan 20, 2008 20:37:12 GMT
the third lure down is a copy of a lemax which were made in switzerland. the taz at the top is a deadly lure for sea trout in the moy estuary in the silver and green version. i used to have a good few origional lemax spinners and lost the lot while fishing for pike when i was younger . wish i had some now as they must be worth a good few bob . as Stip says john monteith sold the willie the gillie lure a few years ago and they were about the price he said.
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Post by ducktip1 on Jan 20, 2008 21:14:15 GMT
The Taz in minnow colours for me has to be one of the best lure/spinners I have ever fished on the Clyde, Salmon Sea-Trout and Broonies all thump into them, I only fish them in a high water, and I turn them round head to the bottom so the treble is at it's mouth, fishing the back of pools and retrieving as slow as I can go. The same goes for the Quill minnow. I don't know about the bottom two.
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Post by buckfastvalley on Jan 20, 2008 23:15:17 GMT
another tip if you are fishing a taz is to hold it at both ends(take the hook off first) then press it against something so as to put a bit more curve in the lure to impart more action in to it.
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