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    Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 12:20pm
not sure of the history of the Halco Combat.
 
I will ask when we are at the factory tomorrow.....I will get some pictures as wellSmile
 
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Very effective lures Simon, and nice examples you have there!

At the factory? Sounds like fun!

If your memory is like mine Andrew I highly recommend taking a notebook as well as the camera - better still take a voice recorder (can't read my own writing when I rush) LOL


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ONE of the best bass lure we used thew the 90s my fav is the yllow& black great fish taker top shelf...Big smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smile
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A Great little LureSmile
 
Pick these up a while ago still in the original packets.
 
If anyone is interested in them I am wiling to sell or trade just send a PM. - Cheers Tom
 
 
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WOW! First up hi... just found this forum Googling for Halco Combat lures. My fav. was the yellow and blackone as well. It was a sad day when it went out on duty and went MIA :( If I could find a few more of this vintage (not the current clear-bibed one) I would buy them in an instant!
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I'd trade these no worries at all. might need a clean but
 
 
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LOVE the yella combats caught my 1st 2kg bass on one illnever forget thatLOLLOLClapClapClapregards bob
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The Combats originally had a clear bib. Then they went to a colored bib and this changed the profile of the lure that the fish sees so they weren't as popular. Have they gone back to a clear bib?

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Martin, I only ever recall the old style Combats with painted bib.... The Bass liked then up the Brissie river and Noosa everglades, maybe the dirty water reduces the scariness.
New one has that fandangled bullet proof bib do hickey, so at least you could conceivably replace the bib if it gets buggered.

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I have a few here... Happy to trade if anyone wants some... Bass are not a thing we see in Darwin.. Except sand bass 
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I remember the original clear bibbed combats. They were sensational, some of my first lure success came on the orange/black model. My first of many species came on that lure. Used it until all the paint peeled off. I was devastated when they went to the coloured bib, I always thought it made the lure seem much bigger in the water. Never worked the same as the originals!!
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So that would make the original clear bibbed lures, and then to a lesser extent the painted bibbed lures somewhat collectible, remembering that collectible only means if someone collects them. 
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COME ON boys show us ya COMBATSBig smileBig smileBig smileClapClapregards bob
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Gotta' find mine first??
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Here are some of mine. I know I got some of the original clear bibbed ones somewhere. But trying to find them is like trying to find my dangely bits after my divorceOuch

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just saw this, Great freshwater lure, Used to sell hunderds of them, Bet they still work just as well.peter
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WON my 1st bass comp with that yella combat in the myall river when i was wipper snapperWinkWinkLOLLOLLOLClapClapClapClapClapi dig em regards BOB
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Plenty of articles in fisho mags mentioned them.(1990s)
The Tremblers were supposed to supersede them.
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