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    Posted: 22 Feb 2021 at 7:51pm
Hi everyone I've just joined  just thought I'd let yas know I have a few flopy lures, of each colour but no Blues as of yet, have around 25,  and as I've seen and read that they only made 3 sizes, I have 4 different sizes,  some flopys with plug in front nose, and some without
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Hi everyone I've just joined  just thought I'd let yas know I have a few flopy lures, of each colour but no Blues as of yet, have around 25,  and as I've seen and read that they only made 3 sizes, I have 4 different sizes,  some flopys with plug in front nose, and some without,  
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Originally posted by 77lureman77 77lureman77 wrote:

Hi was the surface flopy released in australia thanks



Hi the flopys did not come in a surface lure, the one in the previous pics was one I made out of red cedar, just posted it in photo with the originals to get a few bites

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My first good lure caught fish was on a medium Flopy, beautiful silver perch in the Namoi River. Bloody magic lures.

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Hi was the surface flopy released in australia thanks
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hello are they for sale
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I only remember seeing the blister packs for sale at BIG W in 1978 /79. 
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What is the time line, plain clear plastic boxes, through to the blister packs then the closure of the floppy line, early 80's


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Nice collection there Skullaxe- quite a few there new in blister packsThumbs Up
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Yes skullaxe
the blues came out in blister packs only, they were blue and silver, in large size only.
but some people just wont believe that. .
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Also with regards to the Blue Flopy's, not only did they come in one size, but the one's you see advertised in the hard plastic boxes are also incorrect. What I have found out is the Blue only come out in the Blister packaging. They all had stainless steel hooks as they were the salt water series. Here are a few of my collection.
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No good if you are colour blind tooLOL

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Some people do get the blue and green mixed up, there is a big difference between them. The earlier flopys were hand painted so two were never identical, even the body rubber varied in colour so the top colour did vary a little. When I use to buy them from the local tackle shop I always checked the colouring for what i wanted, sometimes depending on the batch they would be painted the same colour code but be very different
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my thoughts also skull, ive seen the small described as blue, and they are not blue and silver.
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The Blue Flopy only come in one size, Large. There is a colour similar, it starts off blue at the nose & changes from blue to like yellowish over blue.

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Good floppy's are fetching good money,anything from $60 to $200 . As for you blue one what size was it and did it have stainless steel hooks, the large had them.
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I had a blue flopy sold it eBay for about $60 should have kept it😱
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For those up north to help save your flopys.Store them in the fridge and the heat wont affect them
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It will require some digging through stored boxes. but I'll see what I can doThumbs Up
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good story martin....be good if there were some old pics around of the fish in the day.
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Uncle Den was right on the river, and his part time job was manning the ferry at night - you guessed it - not much going on so some rods out of the window LOL
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cool line burns! shame they are deteriorating...will happen to all over time if not stored in cool dark place...good to just hang up and think of how the line burns got there...uncle could tell a few storys about it im sure.
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My remaining blue Flopy with freshwater hooks not stainless steel. The other Flopy was my mother's uncles lure. He had a pro fishing reach at Walker Flat S.A. on the Murray. Check out the line burn across the back. Too bad they are deteriorating and quickly as well. I have them kept in their boxes and out of most light.

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How can anyone still have original Floppys in boxes, they were too good of a fish catching lure LOL

The few I have are all battle scarred warriorsWink


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Guilty :)
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mmmmmmmmmmmm screw in eyelets ,,,,,,maurie mars eyes,,,,,
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Originally posted by stinger stinger wrote:

very interesting that surface 1 is it the real thing ,,,,,,

Looks like Nicho's dots !! 
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very interesting that surface 1 is it the real thing ,,,,,,
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I remember selling the blue Flopys in Mossops many years ago. Flopys were probably at the peak of their popularity at the time, late 70's to mid 80's We used to order them in by the gross (12 dozen or 144 in old time talk) The blue was marketed as a Saltwater Flopy, with stainless hooks, possibly made only for Australia. Never really popular, the freshwater one far outsold it.
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The first tow clip is perfectly balanced. Often wondered if the lopsided later one worked quite as well.
 
They both look extremely flimsy but pulled in a lot of 50lb murray cod.
 
The large blue sold in Australia was meant for saltwater with its silver hooks. Also a heavier duty clip.
 
 To cope with barramundi? Nobody would have used blue in fresh water to chase murray cod LOL
 
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The tow clip on the flopy worked very well on these, have tried replacing with different types but it changes the way the flopy swims, even tried a swivel but that made it loose it's action.
I still think the flopy is the best freshwater lure and surprised nobody has developed a new manufacturing process and market them again. That's the original rubber style. It would be interesting to see the process required to make them
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Thanks mick....the top pic large is a good example of the color variations...the true blues were blue and silver only...the one in your pic shows the blend of standard colours with the blue...ive seen these in all sizes ....but the blue silver only in large size....so that pic is interesting...some close up pics would be good in natural light.
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Gee they're early. First tow clip and you can still read "FLOPY" in the rubber.
 
Wonder why they never brought this out to Australia?
 
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The surface lure would have been an absolute killer on Bass.
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