Vintage British and American Lures. (MORE STUFF!)

[Santiago]

As promised, the top two are Renosky Lunkers in small and medium, and the other soft bodied spinners are mepps. The Renosky lures are the most catchable that I have ever used. Not that old though, they only date back to the mid nineties!

[Dave Burr]

if you are on about the jitterbug top water lure they are brilliant to use as they can raise fish from shallow to quite deep water and when they hit them it is like an eruption they are great fun

They also attract alligators -see teeth marks

[Dave Burr]

These are the lures that Peter Stone used to own. I bought quite a few but these all had traces attached or teeth marks which meant that he's actually used them. I presented them in cases - badly - and they've all had a good shaking since then so, compared to Phil's displays they look..... well, crap.

[Gord]

that wouldn't surprise me dave

[Santiago]

Frogs, and other top water lures like the Sputterbug. Love the names! Moss boss, Hedon Crazy Crawler, Jitterbugs, and Rebel Frogs.

[Dave Burr]

Other lures in my collection include a surface selection



My searching lures - spinner baits and crank baits that really cover some ground and attract quick responses. As you can see, the spinner bait skirts have nearly all rotted and need replacing. Alongside is a mixture of spinners and lures and above them is a big copper spoon that Bob Church gave me thus ensuring I'll never risk using it. He was having great success on his old ones at the time so had a load produced.



Some divers



And I always have spoons in my bag when lure fishing the Wye



Ondex anyone?



I seem to have amassed a few..

[Gord]

I like the ondex lures and I have a few that are used as an old faithful lure

[Dave Burr]

I like the ondex lures and I have a few that are used as an old faithful lure

I saw a job lot up for sale and got thirty or more at about a pound each Gord. I was planning an assault on the Gloucester canal during the winter and Spring but things have kind of got in the way Ah well, maybe next year.

[Phil Arnott]

Superb lures as I'm sure you know Dave. I've been catching perch on the Ondex gold black and red with the red wool for around sixty years. The Mepps Black Fury is my favourite for trout. I also have some mepps lusox which have a lead anti-kink attachment. The voblex is also a classic lure.

I took this shot some time ago when having a debate about line twist on another web site. All these lures are made in an attempt to eliminate line twist. The top four are Lusox, with four voblex on the left, three Abu HI-Fi a Roulette and three Abu Morum. When not using these type of lures I always use a wire trace with an anti-kink vane even when using tiny spinners.

[Dave Burr]

Phil, do you think you will ever run out of lures?