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CaptainCranky
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010 at 11:46am |
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These were produced from 1988 onwards by Greg And Lynne Thomson in Queensland.Not sure how long they went for.Greg was Jeff Thomson's (fast bowler) brother.Nice lure made of moulded plastic which were good for Barra and Macks.Maybe Darby has his little bit of history on these.
Hope you like them.
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Darby
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Barry,
You have solved a year long mystery for me, I have one but had put it under the Reidy label. If I still had Jeff's number I could have given him a ring and asked, but a bunch of my old contact numbers went west when an old mobile died. Be nice to know more on the story. darbs |
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tooch
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They are really nice lures eh Darby, I like the colours, the green one is very striking.....Pete.
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Darby
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Pete mine is similar colour to lower one with Gold over black bars and spots on the side. I'll dig it out and take a pic later today.
Darbs |
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CaptainCranky
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I have a pic of me in my early guiding days signed by Greg and his wife.I caught the first decent Barra on one of their lures.
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tooch
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Thanks darbs that will be good to see all these colour patterns Intrigue me but I don't like to copy them as they are unique to the luremaker.........Pete.
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CaptainCranky
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Here is the pic.
Sideways looks good eh!
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Darby
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geez that was back in the good OLD days hey Barry
bring back the terrybuckets!!!!!!!!!!! Darbs |
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CaptainCranky
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Your meaning the hat are you not Darby?
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Darby
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of course mate
those exposed limbs would be a little more bronzed by now as well... ahh the good ol'days when there was no hole in the ozone Darbs heard from Wrighty lately??? |
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CaptainCranky
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That hat at the time was given to me by Lefty Kreh and was the new innovation at the time in the USA.
It was called I think an up-downer.You put the flap at the back up when travelling and it would stay on your melon with the downdraft effect of the rear spoiler.These days the back is soft and does not do that.
Darb I can't believe you still do not have one.
I still have 3 or 4 if you want one.They were very early Colombia gear and Gortex.
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Moderator3
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For some reason I cant edit your post Barry so repost the pic so we dont all get crook necks
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Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
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bassnbob
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NICE CHOPPERS barry..........
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tooch
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Do They look familiar Bob??I thought I reckonised them too...Pete.
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Darby
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Here's my example
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tooch
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Thats anice lure darbs, ilike the colours a lot........Pete.
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CaptainCranky
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And the double hooks were std fare when they were released.
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Seaweed
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Darby & Barry, blow me down it's a small world, I grew up one street away from the Tompson boys in Bankstown NSW. Always remember Greg, as in the early 70's he had a Mini Cooper S in British Racing Green.
Haven't seen him since he gave me a lift in it once, frightened the hell out of me, Greg was a great lanky bugga and his knees were up under his chin in that Mini.
So he ended up married in Qld. and making Champion Lures. I'll be on the look-out for them.
Regards, Tony (Darwin, NT).
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fishaholic5
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These 3 came today, 2 are signed by Jeff Thomson
Nice Barra Barry Cheers Wal
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Seaweed
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Barry, you never responded to this, do you know what became of Greg and his Champion Lures?
Regards, Seaweed.
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CaptainCranky
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I know nothing about what has happened to Greg.
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robyn2839
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uploads/5346/444new.pdf - uploads/5346/444new.pdf
these are a few i came across this week,fair condition and some good colours.........bob |
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robyn2839
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Darby
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robyn2839, those are Lively Lures IMHO
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"If you are going to have fun with your rod.. get some wood
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robyn2839
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Darby
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ahhh thats nice , good collection there.
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"If you are going to have fun with your rod.. get some wood
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Seaweed
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Robyn, nice collection of Greg's lures, don't know where Sandstone Point is? Do you know Greg, or where he may live now? I'm an old mate from Bankstown days, now living in Darwin.
Regards, Tony.
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robyn2839
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no sorry dont know him,i am from bankstown area (regents park ) sandstone point is about 1 hour north of brisbane.................................bob
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robyn2839
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any one have some sort of idea on value? , i want to liquidate them but am unsure of value.....bob
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Tony Mc
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Sandstone Point is a suburb on the mainland, west of Bribie Island. Tony.
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micknq
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Not the sort of lures that come up for sale too often Bob so it is hard to estimate a price. Your best bet would be to set up an eBay account, although you will lose a small percentage to ebay, the large audience and auction format would compensate for it in my opinion. Certainly don't take the first offer that comes via Private Message. |
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robyn2839
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would $8 per lure be a good start?
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Bob im not a collector of that style of lure I dont think they are very common so definitely worth a lot more than $8 Cheers Graeme |
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micknq
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I agree, if they were mine the start price would be $25, you can always come down. This depends on how quickly you want to offload them too I suppose. I have no interest in buying these lures by the way, in case anyone is wondering . |
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