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Blinky
Stall Holder Blinky's Lures Joined: 14 Nov 2011 Location: Darwin. N.T. Status: Offline Points: 741 |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2015 at 11:33am |
Having a dig around in the lure cupboard the other night and came across these 1980's originals, some worst for wear, others in mint condition never seen water....
All pre 1985 with the exception of the top centre, top right and bottom right, the ones that have the stick-on holographic eyes. I started using the stick-ons from 1986 onwards.... The one at bottom left, the "Bleeding Mullet" is probably my all-time favourite lure, I made it a few years after my arrival in Darwin and it has caught literally hundreds of Barra including a 103 cm model from Corroboree Billabong plus heaps in the high 80's and 90's. In the early days it had polyurethane as it's final clear coat, it's been upgraded with epoxy in recent times. It's one of those rare lures that catch fish every time it's tied on....consequently it doesn't get wet very often cause I'm scared of loosing it! I've tried many times to replicate it's action but have never enjoyed the same success from it's clones. |
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hooknose
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Real nice lures Blinky, worth digging them out that's for sure
cheers Steve r |
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Raffey
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Nice Blinky.
The bleeding mullet looks a bit deeper in the body than the others, or is it the camera angle? Cheers, Danny. |
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Blinky
Stall Holder Blinky's Lures Joined: 14 Nov 2011 Location: Darwin. N.T. Status: Offline Points: 741 |
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It has a few subtle differences from the others, body deeper , nose a bit more square, arse end a bit thicker......the lump of wood it came from is more than likely the key...... |
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Steve B
Senior Member Joined: 27 Jan 2014 Location: Darwin Status: Offline Points: 747 |
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Nice, must check a couple I have .
Cheers Steve |
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Davent
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Nice, blinky, did a shop at the airport in the late 80, s early 90, s sell your lures, I reckon I bought 2 at the airport on kangaroo 92 when I was a young soldier, top lures and were deadly on big flathead at honeymoon bay, and I mean big flattys!
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Blinky
Stall Holder Blinky's Lures Joined: 14 Nov 2011 Location: Darwin. N.T. Status: Offline Points: 741 |
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Thanks Dave. At the airport.......not that I know of, (unless one of the shop owners had bought some and stuck them on their shelf) the only shop that stocked them in Darwin was BABS Tackle which used to be at the Moil shops, they were also in Katherine, Cairns, Broome and Kununnurra.
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Strangalures
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I've got some here I brought from a second hand shop that match the bottom left ones Blinky , I'll try and get the picks up they have a great action
Cheers Rick |
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Fish Choking Lures :)
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Seaweed
LureLovers.com Fanatic née Capt.Seaweed Joined: 23 Jan 2011 Location: Darwin N.T. Status: Offline Points: 3124 |
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BABS tackle, now that's going back. Think it was run by Col Roberts and his mate, the BABS was short for Billfish and Bait. Little bit pretentious don't you think , they maintained the only two fish worthy. Wonder why they bothered stocking barra lures .
I picked-up one of your's from DeWith in Katherine.
Seaweed.
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Blinky
Stall Holder Blinky's Lures Joined: 14 Nov 2011 Location: Darwin. N.T. Status: Offline Points: 741 |
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It was owned and operated by Brent Boswell, whose middle initial was A hence the BABs. Col Roberts had already relocated to Broome when BABs was running. Brent was a top bloke, always willing to share info, a rare quality amongst tournament anglers.............he was a huge help to our team when we fished our first Barra Classic in '87.
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