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    Posted: 24 Oct 2010 at 10:40pm
Some time back Captain Angry, dropped in for a short chat and left after 3pm and many cups of tea.  As a result I discovered about 400 lure blanks in varied state of completion  They ranged from 7" bibless trolling lures down to 2" fresh water bibbed lures with and with out rattles.

The phrase, "You gotta finish these", came up quite a few times.  So I started.  Attached is a photo of the first batch.  Surprisingly after all these years, they came up ok and even some of the old paint was still ok.  Took some time to get the air brush working though.  there are more to follow.
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Beautiful bit of history there Jim.Well done.
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it's like riding a bike Jim, the skill is always there even if the legs say no LOL

They look good, and unique too, how many lures out there are finished 1/2 a decade after they were started...like a good red they can only improve with age Cool

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Darby the legs most definitely say no.  Wink  Actually some of those blanks would be closer to 30 years old.  Even found some of the originals, they would date back to about the mid 70's.
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Good to see Jim, I happened to be on the phone to Captain Furious when he was at your place so was interested to see his excellent bio, but now good to see you getting a few lures painted.
 
They have come up a treat ready to get amongst a few mackerel by the look of it.
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they look good.  I guess that these are polyurathane? how do they swim?
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Google, oh dear NO, these are the real thing LOL
Here's Jim's workmanship and history
http://www.lurelovers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2027&title=jim-mcconnachie-lures

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They look fantastic Jim, thank you for posting the pics up Thumbs Up

And great work Barry for encouraging Jim to finish more of these beauties as well Smile


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The count down continues, here is a sample of the next three models.  Second lot are 6" bibless, the first 4.5" bibless and 4.5" bibbed lures.
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THE green/white is a choice colour concept jim I think i might do one in a cod lure ......ClapClapClapClap
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beautiful finish on those lures Jim,good to see a pioneer pick up and show the''young uns'' how its done!,love your work mate Thumbs Up
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Simply stunning lures!
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Nices lures Jim...great paint work!
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