Devon minnows
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Devon minnows
Does anyone use these lovely lures still?
I haven't used them since I was a boy but just found some on ebay.
I can't recall how effective they are. Any thoughts?
I haven't used them since I was a boy but just found some on ebay.
I can't recall how effective they are. Any thoughts?
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Re: Devon minnows
The names rings a bell Snape, do you have a pictures of what they look like.
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Thanks Snape, I'm sure I use to have one of the green ones, I wish I still had it.
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The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
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Re: Devon minnows
Dibro Devons! Paint 'em yourself. Hours of fun when I was a lad. Blow me down with a feather - I've just picked up a Fishing mag (Jan 1968) and there's the advert. Shells only 1/3d ech, minimum order 30/- Wire monuts extra at 1/4d each. Each order gets six free phials of coloured paint and a brush.
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I think I might have one of these somewhere, I'll have a looksy later.
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Re: Devon minnows
I seem to remember they were the worst things ever for kinking your line, unless you used at least one and preferably two anti-kink leads up the line.
Re: Devon minnows
That's why Devon minnows come in pairs, the fins being set to give an opposite rotation, one minnow with the another.
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Ah yes. I had forgotten that. :thumb:Weyfarer wrote:That's why Devon minnows come in pairs, the fins being set to give an opposite rotation, one minnow with the another.
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I didn't even know that in the first place! And the bloke who ran the tackle shop where I bought some probably didn't either.Snape wrote:Ah yes. I had forgotten that. :thumb: