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    Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 12:21pm
Purchased some fishing books at the market at the weekend and came across this interesting article on Tasmania Fishing Lure Manufactures by the men who designed and made them.
 
Located  articles 50 edition Autumn 2000 Freshwater Fishing Australia, Answers quite a few interesting questions
 
 
Somebody may have some" Candles Gliders which used the Cadbury's foil wrapping around the slug
Unfortunately the paper is now unavailable and Kevin has retired, his lures are real collector's items"
 
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Tony ,has added the front two coloured pages I omitted which shows the very early Cobra lure
Thanks mate
 
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This is a great read for more recent members that have joined after it was recorded.

Back ground History of the Cobra Wobblers.

Just a side note Lofty Lures plant and equipment appears to be up for sale on the 23 Sept.


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Thanks for posting John, Its a good read ,very good lures and love the history about the company.


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Originally posted by Screamingreel Screamingreel wrote:


Somebody may have some" Candles Gliders which used the Cadbury's foil wrapping around the slug
Unfortunately the paper is now unavailable and Kevin has retired, his lures are real collector's items"


I have one in my tackle box, John.

My father and his mates used to buy them at JetFly (Noel Jetson's shop) in Cressy, and troll them around Arthur's Lake and Great Lake in Tassie. They were the go-to lure, for sure. Some had frog spots painted on the outside of the plastic, and others were 'plain' relying just on the chocolate wrapper.

Mine has the frog pattern.
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Originally posted by Screamingreel Screamingreel wrote:

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I have seen it, and been reading it a couple off times John. 
Very interesting fore me thanks Smile
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Here's my Candles Glider in the Cadbury wrapper.





I still give it a run occasionally. Caught a cracking big rainbow in Collingwood on it a couple of years ago. Then I put it away again
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These style lures were the first lures i ever fished with in Googong dam for troutThumbs Up
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They are great lures , love the wrap on them and I still remember buying them.
We use them for Redfin , to clean out a farmers dam and caught heaps.Clap

Are they out there to buy now days ?

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They were extremely popular, no doubt a few are  still in tackle boxes down in Tassie.

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