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Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2746 |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2012 at 11:43pm |
Had a visit last year from a local tournament angler asking me if I could breathe life back into his old Leads lures and a couple of Koolabungs. Was a bit of a challenge but he was happy with the end result. I got a carton of Boags for my trouble but I regret taking a picture of the end result. Here's what they looked like when I got them.
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puglee62
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geez Fysshe that top one would have needed a bit of woodfiller?,looks like they all had a hard life
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Strangalures
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Have a look a the sticker under the bib Chris , Held up like a trooper we might as well paint lure's with sticker's like that in color Thay have seen a bit of battle. Got to admire their character. Cheers Rick |
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Fish Choking Lures :)
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Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2746 |
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I'm sorry to say that the first lure he got me to paint was an original Moller! He had painted it himself when he was a kid and stuffed it up. It lay in his shed for 25 years, the bib was gone and the front towpoint had rusted away! Got some paint off to find original colour, took photos and had a crack. Used archaeival photos to help, made new bib and towpoint and tried to re-create Erics style. He was happy with the result and wants to catch a Barra on it to get a couple of scuff marks then retire the "Beast"
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Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2746 |
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While I was doing the restoration, I made a couple for myself with poly bibs. They have a nice action and run at a medium depth.
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Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2746 |
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Had a visit from my mate last night with a gift in hand. A nice old Leads; haven't seen that colour before with a Maroon head?
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steiny
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That is a nice gift Ian...and an unusual colour too!
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cheers steiny
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reelsandlures63
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bloody nice leads there ian
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horrorhead
LureLovers.com Fanatic LureLover of the Year 2020 Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Cooktown qld Status: Offline Points: 14008 |
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Nice Leads Ian, but geez you make a nice lure
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Martin-
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Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2746 |
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Got a couple more old beat up Leads last week. The big one is 22cms and was my favourite in the 80's for Yellowfin Tuna and big Spaniards.
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simon bruce
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Nice work Ian. Those poly bib minnows look very nice.
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the fish aren't art critics
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Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2746 |
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Thanks Simon, I did the stripes with a NIKKO pen but wasn't real happy with them so I only made those two and gifted them to a mate in Cairns. If I do any more, I'll make up a stencil for the stripes.
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