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    Posted: 02 Nov 2015 at 8:28am
I think I may have dropped onto another NEW  Lure maker for W. A.

Located this full page ad Anglers Digest Jan 1970

I may have something similiar but was not aware of the name.

Anybody else happened to have used them in the past

Black and white picture just a little hard to see.



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John I remember using one in the early 70's. I think it was a pink one. Can't recall catching anything on it and probably got it snagged on the bottom and lost it... LOL
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John, I remember the Flutterfish quite well. Fysshe is quite right they were mostly painted in slightly fluro colours. They were a medium sized, kind of diamond shaped, cast alloy slug with a pronounced ridge running down the central lengthwise axis of each side. I can't vouch for their action "on the drop", which was their advertised claim to fame, but off the rocks they had a slow wide wobble when retrieved that worked on tailor and salmon. Halco later made a lure called the Kimberley Caster that was not entirely dissimilar in shape to a "half" Flutterfish minus the central ridge. I have none left so thanks for reminding me of this lure. Regards, Ken.
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I am fairly sure that the lure is Canadian….the Mounties carried one in their survival kit.

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Thanks for the input.

I am home tomorrow  I will try and track down the one I have ,I thought it was all stainless.

I have never used it ,received it in a bulk lot.

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"Buzz bomb" is the lure I was thinking about……the flutter fish is probably a knockoff.

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Laurie would the Buzz Bomb be around in the early 70's
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Just checked images for Buzz Bombs and they are identical to the Flutter Fish.




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Good memory LaurieThumbs Up

I thought the one I had was hollow inside

Is the pink  Buzz Bombs hollow or solid Ian, just a little hard to tell.  Is it like a smaller version of an  "Iron"

In the black and white photo I though the Flutter Fish was hollow inside.


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Hollow inside, rigged just like a Tassy Devil style lure.
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Otter Lures made other lure models as well as the Flutterfish. The guys name was Neil Otter and he also released a metal slug called the 'Mighty Mack' with a similar advert. There is also a Neil Otter plug that was similar to the old salmon plugs that came in a cardboard package with a GPO Box number in Perth.

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Thanks Roger very interesting addition info


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