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Screamingreel
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Posted: 24 Jan 2012 at 10:09am |
Came across and interesting article the other day which I have unfortunately mis- placed at the moment.
Tuna oil was placed inside the old flopy achieving some great result. Anybody else tried it. Be careful where you place the lure when finishing fishing ,likely to have some remaining oil in the lure. Looking forward to trying this one out. Regards John
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MXB
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Good idea but you would have to think it would ruin the plastic over time.
No doubt would attract fish MXB |
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Nicho
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WOULD CATCH CATS TOO!!!
Have heard of guys doing this injecting the oil into the body.....no doubt would work well. |
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Nichos Maulers Homemade timber lures....THEY CATCH FISH!
YA DONT KNOW...IF YA DONT GO...SO GET OUT THERE AND... FISH IT |
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Darby
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hmmm the Flopy would be past it's prime if they could do that. The Flopy Body is supposed to be sealed to give the flotation, There is a weight in the belly to add stability.
At the going price of Flopy's nowadays, I not sure the idea will be rekindled |
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fishaholic5
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Didn't you blokes ever get to fish with rubber flopy's? The body was made of Latex not plastic, and the little cone shaped plug in the nose was designed to allow the lure to be partially or fully filled with water to adjust the bouyancy or weight of the lure.
It was common practise to fill the chamber with tuna oil, aniseed or other scents
Hope this helps
Wal
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Darby
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Wal, that was true, but only on later soft Flopy's. After Mitchell bought the design they introduced the white removable 'plug'. The original Rublex Flopy had the hole gooped up with a blob of the same rubber stuff as the body.
This was also only available on the Large size. heres what the inside of a Flopy looks like Brad |
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flyonline
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Woot, the big flopy I have is an original!
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Gotta go check my big Flopys now. Martin
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**** can imagine a lot of guys calling out to the missus....."back in a tick, just checking my big floppys head"*****
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fishaholic5
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Interestingly a drop of rubber cement applied to the thin film over the plug to seal it permanently would create that effect on those "newer" flopy"s and many fisho's also used it to fill the hole once that plug was lost. CheersWal
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Darby
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True enough Wally, there could be a few 'newer' ones out there (we are still discussing a lure that hasn't been available for nigh on 30years) but alterations to them would be easily uncovered by the lack of matching paint work.
All my Rublex flopy's in all three sizes have similar gooping and all covered by original paint.. I do have a medium colour J still in box with a different colour goop, that I suspect is an occaision like you describe. |
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what else will they think of
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Screamingreel
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thank for the additional info Wal and BradSome of the models appear to deteriorate just through age ( cracks and seams in material) from memory the article was trying to suggest additional ways of getting value out of the lure.
I have to check mine out I cannot remember having any stopper at the front of the lures. Brad is that the reason some unusually high prices are paid on Ebay for flopys, because there is an actual earlier model regards John
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Darby
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John, one would like to think so, but I have seen later Mitchell ones go for equally high prices. Possble that some may not be aware of the age differences, and just assume that all soft Flopy's are equal.
One thing on the cracking, the one I cut open has quite a lot of cracking, but when the inside is examined, the cracks are only on the outer surface, so the lures integrity is still complete. HOWEVER I have seen a lot of sunburnt ones that are almost inflexible to the point of crumbling apart. One other comment, even though that one had a cracked skin, it was a damn hard job to cut through with a new stanley blade. It is quite amazing how durable that early rubber is, I reckon even Jacks would have to work hard to puncture it. Brad |
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Thanks mate
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Screamingreel
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Found ad Modern fishing Mar 1980
Has water on lure ,but front appears clear, one piece, perhaps no plug Regards John |
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Thanks John. It has the 'plug' as it should being later Mitchell one. Nice to have the 'research' confirmed Brad |
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some of mine are the early suckers - yeeeahoooo. Martin
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Yeh mine too but like the Mitchell ones with stoppers and used to fill them partially with water for extra weight. Never even thought of putting scent in them doh
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Darby
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I STILL DON'T SEE HOW THE SCENT WOULD GET OUT ?????
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Good question Brad I will just have to find the article ,and place here, when found again
One of my Flopys has come adrift from the metal centre I suppose a dab of glue and a peg should mix it. Regards John.
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John, if the rubber belly channel has come adrift, theres not a lot you can do without changing the appearence and possible resale value. some delicate application of super glue might make it look better though.
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Thanks mate
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Found one of my early ones has a plastic box but no papers/ advertising material .It has a mark at the front, but not what you would call a ,plug. Nothing there that you could actually open. Overcast day but took some different angle shots.
may need some sunlight to get the extra detail. regards John
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John
I've got a large and small one of them too One of the little one does have a plug though. I do have a possible source for small floppy replacement bibs if anyone is interested, I should get around to getting one for mine too! Does anyone know the code letter/symbols found on the rib? The large one has a "9", the same colour (original?) small has a "B" and the other small I think has a "t" (hard to read). What's the going rate for original near perfects? Maybe I should put these away in the safe to give to my grandkids one day like I got these from my grandad (along with a pair of mint condition cane hardy fly rods) Steve |
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Steve We will have to wait for Brad to give us a bit more info.
regards John
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Hi DARBY, Interesting photo of a disected flopy. I have always been puzzled by how this lure was made.Was it made in two pieces and later joined?
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