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    Posted: 14 May 2010 at 11:36pm
Hi Guys, This is my Wigston collection theye're a pretty mixed bunch. I haven't quite got em all yetSmileSmileSmileRegards Pete.
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COOL pete the smaller pink ones are killers on the bonnies& tailor around the breakwaters up here ..WE ran out of metal one morning & at the bottom of the box was a couple pink tassies and bingo brained em alround great lures.......WinkWinkBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smile
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Hi Bob I've Caught bass on em at St. Claire Didn't have any jigs with us so I used a tassie and got amongst a school suspende in 45 foot of waterClapClapClap Regards Pete.
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Pete Bob is holding out.He has one of the best collections of Tassies out there.I believe some of them are from the 40's.
Sooner or later the big Human will soften and put them up for all to see.
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Hi Barry, He might be a big human but he's one hell of a nice bloke.WinkWinkWinkWinkLOLLOLLOLLOLRegards Pete.
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amongst my trout lures i have a type of tassie devil lure that was made especially for a tackle shop

in twizel in New Zealand,whilst i was there a couple of years ago a young fella caught a massive
rainbow on one(like 20lbs or something).i dont think you can get em in Aussie,if i find it i'll send it to you mateThumbs Up
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Hi Chris That will be nice Mate, The Boys are Looking real good Got a nice coat of clear on em. There Is another mob that makes a  Tassie lookalike they are called Lofty's Cobras , The wings are a bit narrower than the Tassie devils. WinkWinkWinkWink Regards Pete.
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yeah ive heard of those Pete but i think the one from twizel is a wigston,should get off my rrr'z and go find it for you eh?LOL
cant wait to see the boys all finished mate ! ClapThumbs UpLOL
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just found it but it looks a lot like one you already have,i'll post it up to you anyhowBig smile
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Hi Chris , Thanks mate, I'm Putting the boys together today . I will probably have some pics on the weekend WinkWinkWink Pete.
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i noticed that in your picture you have a couple of loftys?
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Hi Dan, All these lures are marked tassie devils or wigston on them . you can tell the difference lofty's cobras have very narrow wings that are much rounded . I will try to post up some pics I have to got through about 20 takle boxes to sort them out might take me a little while but I will definitely get them posted for you to have a look at ....WinkWinkWink....Pete.
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Good luck sing out if you want to get rid of any
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I've only ever used mine on lead lines trawlling in Arthur's Lake... never tried casting them.
 
 
All marked 'Tassie Devil'.
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Hi simon, I've used them flatlining and casting and had pretty good results with both...WinkWinkWinkWink
I really like the blue foil nice colour it might attract a salmon or two ...ClapClapClapClap...Pete.
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The most popular colours on Arthur's, from your photo above, is the first two in the fourth row. They do use some others but these are the staples run off a lead line about three colours down and dragged around the lake. They don't tend to use downriggers in Arthur's because it is too snaggy/weedy and not overly deep. They do use them in the Great Lakes. Not many other lures worked for me in Arthur's Lake. I tried Rapala CD3 and CD5s and soft plastics with no luck as well as a few others like some McGraths... The Wingstons cleaned up... In the rivers though the little minnows seem to be better than anything though I want to try some Celtas and the smaller Tassie Devils too. I keep a babyfood jar in my tackle box full of round red beads that I can put between the hook and the lure body and don't use the wire that comes with them from the shop. I run mono through them to the hook with a black swivel about a foot up along the line and the treble tied straight to the other end. See here for more info; http://www.wigstonslures.com.au/ 

 
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Wigston's Lures featuring the" Little Tasmanian Devil "as at Feb 1991 Fishing World 1991 Lure  Guide
 
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some of the pink ones would smash the lizards I think
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Originally posted by Lofty's Lad Lofty's Lad wrote:

i noticed that in your picture you have a couple of loftys?
 
You're correct. I count 5 Lofty's Cobras in that pic ... (edit) make that 7 or 8.
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l use both Tassie's and lofty's cobra on lead line with ford fender attractors when fishing at Dartmouth dam and find the pink color ones seem to do better in the mornings  cheers wrapper
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Hi Tooch I've got a fare few in new condition that are old I can take picks if your interested if it helps your collection
 
I also have some rare ones I've been told.
They are new and have the feathers in them and glow ones as well that the old guy I purchased them from said he had had for years and years he wasn't joking as he had Huey's first lures in the box from when he was starting to make lures
 
 
For others looking for this type of lures theres a bloke in Devonport that has hundreds of these type of lures from a guy that has moulds he has them in all sorts of colours and I even grabbed a fredo frog one made from a chocky wrapper for my boy I think they were cheep but have to check price.  
 
If you send me you email Tooch Í will send you some pics to put up for the guys
 
 
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Rick sounds interesting ld like to have a look also at any photos you put up cheers wrapper
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No worries wrapper
If you can pm me your email I can send the pics from my phone to you to put up as I can't at the moment
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I'm bloody happy with this find.It is the salesmans sample ring of the new 12 colours in Tassie Devils
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Nice little collectors item there Chris they look cool

Tooch mine weren't devels they were other makers , I did not know there are so many makers of these
Thanks for identifying a few for me Chris
I will drop them in for a closer look so I can write some names down for them if that's ok.
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Found these on Gumtree (not mine) would make a quick completion to a full set :)
 
 
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How are these things fished, with a quick or a slow retrieve or just what works on the day? I have tried them a few times for various species including trout, but also for native species for zilch.
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Originally posted by horrorhead horrorhead wrote:

How are these things fished, with a quick or a slow retrieve or just what works on the day? I have tried them a few times for various species including trout, but also for native species for zilch.
 
VERY SLOW TROLL!!! LOLLOLLOL
 
That's how you fish them too! Shocked
I AM sorry Martin, Just couldn't resist!
 
We slow trolled for an hour before sunrise and an hour after sunset, on Dartmouth Dam in the early 80s.
Were catching Browns in the 3-4lb range, and Rainbows in the 1-3lb range, keeping 3 per session.
The morning 3 were eaten, the evening 3 on ice.
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So you can resist anything but temptation hey Dart Bord?............I mean Dark LordWink

At least I now know, to fish them slow and see how I go...................one Canadian Club coming up me thinks.


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Originally posted by horrorhead horrorhead wrote:

So you can resist anything but temptation hey Dart Bord?............I mean Dark LordWink

At least I now know, to fish them slow and see how I go...................one Canadian Club coming up me thinks.


 
Darts AND Clubs, sounds like ya gunna blue with someone, need backup???
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They're not all Tassie Devils though JustTackle.
 
That one's a "Tassie Cobra", made by Lofty's Lures when it was in Mole Creek, and marketed in a hot pink box with the different name. Not sure why he did that, but now that Loftys is owned by someone else, the modern variant of that lure is made as the "Eucumbene Special" and sold only through one tackle shop.
 
Your picture shows the original, no longer made because the new owner can't get the old glitter any more.
 
Thunder Bolt was the first to go with that pattern. I'm hoping you're still willing to check whether you have any 'spares' of it that you might want to sell. I'd buy the one in the picture to fish also if you're interested.
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Were on ebay/gumtree I believe over the weekend.
 
Some old colours not sure of period/ age
 
 
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Hi Guys, - My wife & I bought some Tassie Devils back in 1987 to fish Warragamba Dam while we were travelling about Aussie.  We now live in Cairns & as I make timber lures for the local Barra & Jacks we have no need for the Devils .If anyone is interested in any of the following send me a PM
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Hello, Can you tell me about the one at the bottom right, has little round wings. I picked up one of those in an old tackle box,  Gary
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