Buffalo Head

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   Hi all 

This is a sneak peak at a Buffalo Head ' 

It's a non rotating lead head made to form fit a garfish and swim upside down .

So far only a single mold has been made for proof of conecept ' and a handfull of heads are being put up against other type of heads in commercial fishing operations.

Early results show the Buffalo Head has clear advantages over normal upright towing rigs ... espeacially when fish are thin on the ground .

During hot bites there appears to be no difference except the weight advantage and ease of use compared to normal standard heads ' 

No need to wire the mouth ' only the beak 
No need to rotate the head to set your skirt patterns ' once you design and wire your skirt patterns to the head that is it ' so all your colours stay right where you want them .
You can skirt them with large plastic skirts .

At the moment testing is also been done on tow hole position and if there are any advantages 

anyway enough said 

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Buffalo Marine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List No_Classifieds Joined: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Ingham Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Buffalo Marine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Buffalo Head Posted: 09 Oct 2018 at 12:49pm
	Hi all This is a sneak peak at a Buffalo Head ' It's a non rotating lead head made to form fit a garfish and swim upside down . So far only a single mold has been made for proof of conecept ' and a handfull of heads are being put up against other type of heads in commercial fishing operations. Early results show the Buffalo Head has clear advantages over normal upright towing rigs ... espeacially when fish are thin on the ground . During hot bites there appears to be no difference except the weight advantage and ease of use compared to normal standard heads ' No need to wire the mouth ' only the beak No need to rotate the head to set your skirt patterns ' once you design and wire your skirt patterns to the head that is it ' so all your colours stay right where you want them . You can skirt them with large plastic skirts . At the moment testing is also been done on tow hole position and if there are any advantages anyway enough said

hooknose Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 16 Jul 2013 Location: emu park Status: Offline Points: 1025	Post Options Post Reply Quote hooknose Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Oct 2018 at 5:41pm
	Cool 👍 Cheers Steve R !!!
	MAN I LOVE FISHING ! ! !

Fysshe Salmon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2286	Post Options Post Reply Quote Fysshe Salmon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Oct 2018 at 7:49pm
	Interesting...
	Fysshe

horrorhead Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Cooktown qld Status: Offline Points: 10937	Post Options Post Reply Quote horrorhead Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Oct 2018 at 8:13pm
	Looks like an easy to use trolling head compared to other garfish trolling heads.
	Martin- you don't havta be pretty to fish

Kimo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 Feb 2015 Location: Adelaide Status: Offline Points: 580	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kimo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Oct 2018 at 10:28pm
	I can see it has done away with the bait or nose spring, but other than the presure of the tow what holds it to the garr in the event that there are more than 1 bait out the back,and the boat is stoped to fight a fish. If the remaining baits are left out the back and not wound in, will the nose weight slide forward along the trace ( wire or mono ) and then refit itself when the boat is again in motion or do they need to be wound in each time the boat may be stoped. A common rig with the spring, especialy single strand wire will pin the mouth closed and the spring to the fish alowing both bean sinker and skirt to slide back into place. Be interesting to see the resalts of the bufflohead tests in this situationif sucsessfull without causing the bait to spin then I think its bloody great Kimo

Buffalo Marine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List No_Classifieds Joined: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Ingham Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Buffalo Marine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Oct 2018 at 6:09pm
	Sorry for the late reply Okay for starters the main feature of this head is to tow a gar upside ' to mimic an a injured gar ' and to make the gar more visible Current tests are being conducted commercially ' they don't stop to haul lines ' they haul and tow and if a fish hits multiple line they simple keep the lines tight and loaded up ... never do they stop to retrieve. Keep in mind they are also using 200 to 300 pound main line and using high speed electric winches . So under these conditions the Buffalo Heads are working well ' the gar is staying put on the wog line and staying put on the head during slow speed tight turns to get the bait to drop deep over structure . Where is has never been tested yet is during Stop ' Drop and Go runs .... this is when you stop your boat over deep sitting fish and let the bait dead drop and then before hitting the bottom you apply the power and shoot the bait to the surface . Again this is a head desiged to turn gar belly up ' But i can't see why the inserted gar head can't be pinned into the head for other types of applications .

Buffalo Marine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List No_Classifieds Joined: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Ingham Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Buffalo Marine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Oct 2018 at 6:23pm
	Forgot to mention that the Buffalo Head has four sides unlike a bullet head that is evenly weighted all way round . It can't tow on it't left of right side and it can't tow in any other oreintation other than upside down . So if you where to stop and the gar come free from the head then the gar could only locate itself to the head in either an up right or upside down position to the head .... the head will only ride upside down and the gar either way And even if the gar itself does spin it could not for long as the head of the gar would locate itself to the head and only a vertical position of either belly up or down . hope this make sense