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Zambesi Aristocat Spoon.

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Topic: Zambesi Aristocat Spoon.
Posted By: CaptainCranky
Subject: Zambesi Aristocat Spoon.
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2010 at 1:12pm
20 to 30 years ago this was a very good lure for Tigerfish.Most probably they are still catching them on these type of lure.
 
 
 
 


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Posted By: Pilly
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2010 at 8:30pm
Nice lure Barry
You would have to use lures made out of steel just to handle the strikes from those massive teeth.
Hate to think what they would do to a timber lure.
 
Cheers
Adrian


Posted By: Tony
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2010 at 8:40pm
Such fierce looking fish aren't they!

Those old Zambezi Lures are a very interesting lure Barry, thanks for sharing the photo's and history Smile




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Posted By: tooch
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2010 at 8:00pm
Hi Guys, Imagine getting bitten on the leg by those big choppers.....61...Pete.

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Posted By: horrorhead
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2011 at 9:02pm
Had a 2 kg tailor bite my big toe while surf fishing one morning - blood spurted out everywhere. At least I kept that toe but not with those daggers on a tigerfish.

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Posted By: p.j.
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2011 at 8:53am
Wondered if those Spoons were made fore something else to begin with. You have holes in both ends, but the hook are mounted in the smaler front end. Just a thoughtErmm

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Posted By: bassnbob
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2012 at 5:05pm
LOLNICE CHOPPERS there captainClapLOLREGARDS BOB

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Posted By: redtag
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2013 at 6:16am
I've seen a photo of the Zambezi lure carrying the big single plus a treble ringed in to the hole at the wide end.  The spoons (made on the "fly spoon" principle) were apparently 4" - 6" long!Shocked


Posted By: John Milford
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:51pm
I believe these spoons originated from the former Salisbury, Rhodesia (Now Harare, Zimbabwe).

I think the main purpose of the second hole was so that the large flying single could be lightly wired into an in-line position, but could then break away once a tiger was hooked, so it couldn't use the spoon body for leverage.

This same kind of break-away rigging was used on many Salmon and Mahseer spoons too.






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