Visit with Henry and Aileen Hall - Feb 2010 |
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Tony
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Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 3:57pm |
On my recent trip to Cairns I was lucky enough to meet Henry and Aileen Hall, along with Barry who kindly organised the visit.
Our morning spent with Henry and Aileen was very enjoyable, and I have to tell you that Eileen makes an awesome Custard Tart! Thank you Henry and Aileen for your hospitality, it was great to sit down to a nice lunch and chat with you. Henry dragged out a few old Barra Annuals to show me the original advertisement for Barra King lures, although there were some other surprises in there too including a photo of Eileen holding up a nice Barra with a great story to it. I also took the opportunity to have a look at the hand made Pens that Henry makes, I'd seen some photo's but to see them in person was much better as they are a work of art. Here's a couple of Henry's pens that I had to have, these ones are made out of timber, Henry also does a beautifull acrylic version. Unfortunately my photo doesn't do these justice, I'll have to put a better pic up when I get a chance! After a relaxing lunch the boys are off to the shed! Henry took us out to the shed to show a few things he thought we'd find interesting He was right! In fact Henry shared so much with us that my head was spinning! Here's some pics of early Barra Kings that Henry showed us (I hope the pictures aren't too blurry, it took a while to get my heart beat back down, and for the shock to my system to pass) Early version 10cm Barra King with round bib. The very first Barra King Lures If you see/have one of these lures (or any other Henry and Aileen Hall Barra Kings) I'd love to hear about it Henry and Aileen Hall Barra Kings (I could look at these all day) One of the very first Barra King lures made (note the round bib) sitting with a matching set of the later lures made by Henry. (the earliest lures came on a yellow card) The lures below are the prototype Prop-A-Pop-a Lures that Henry made for Jeff Reid. More info can be found on these here: http://www.lurelovers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=820&title=bladed-reidys-propapopa-lure A spoon lure that Henry made using tools he built himself to do the job. Having a background as a fitter and turner has stood Henry in very good stead! (Henry also showed us metal and timber lathes that he had made himself, along with various jigs and other tools he has required over his career) I'm certain there's a lot I'll be adding to this post - In my excitement to finally meet Henry and Aileen I didn't take notes as I was having too much fun. Fortunately we were given an open invitation (at least I was - Sorry Barry lol) so hopefully next time I'll be better organised! Thanks again Henry and Aileen, and thank you to Barry for your friendship and assistance |
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Cheers, Tony
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bassnbob
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VERY VERY VERY cool stuff indeed really dig that tackle box full of goodies nice........
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simon bruce
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Great report and some terrific lures.
No wonder your hands were shaking, between the early lures and a box full of the current ones.
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OldNed
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Magic stuff Tony, Thanks for sharing. Look forward to the further reports on your trip. Regards Brian
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Tony
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Henry has kindly given me some more info about both the very early round bibbed lures, and the spoon lures.
The round bibbed lures were made up until about 1982 The spoon lures were made from approximately 1979 until around 1984 Thank you Henry |
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Cheers, Tony
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sticko
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I was lucky to off known Henry and Aileen,they lived and worked in Bundaberg . I remember Henry telling me he made lures,but i had never seen them.It was just this week that i found some old lures.and bugger me if two of those weren't Henry Hall originals. and the others were by the bloke who bought Henrys lure business.I will post these pictures when i get a chance.
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CaptainCranky
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Well done Sticko finding them.Those originals are quite rare and no doubt you may get a few PM's.
Can't wait to see the pics.
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Stephen Booth
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Now that is a good read. I love this sort of info - it is fantastic.
Time for a jealous emoticon.
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Painted sticks with hooks sure, but they are oh soooo nice!
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Pilly
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Have you got anymore to add to this story Tony, I would love to hear more about their luremaking
Cheers
Adrian
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Tony
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Afraid not Adrian, although I'd certainly love to visit Barry, Henry, Aileen, and other friends I made up north again when I get a chance.
Right now I'm madly trying to catch up on work as I have fallen wayyyy behind and the bills keep coming in regardless hopefully in the new year I'll be able to make some more time to have some fun doing research on lures |
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Cheers, Tony
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RAVA
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Wow I love that sort of stuff ! I am very envious of you, that story was great.
Gary
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Aussbasstony
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That's gold ,
Thanks for posting this small story. Regards Tony
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BlueyNT
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Old post I know so I hope mine reply gets up .
In 1984 I was on a fishing adventure with my wife and another couple ,we passed through Mossman NQ and I picked up some of Henry's BarraKing Lures on the way through to the Cape .IIRC correctly I got them from a small shop at the entrance to a caravan park. I also posted my experience in meeting Carl Grist in Cooktown on the same trip .My post can be read in the C Lures sub folder . Here are pics of the BarraKings , one in its' original packaging with a price tag of $7.00. The yellow tiger pattern has never been used ,just been rattling around in my tackle box . The silver and black one has a few battle scars from Kakadu barra. The bottom lure is a Killalure and it snuck in when I wasn't looking . |
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tjanda
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Love this post I was wondering if anyone knew if they ever lived in a place called poponining in wa in the 90s we use to visit a henry hall when I was a 10 year old can't remember seeing any lures though haha
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Seaweed
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Doing a re-read of these great old posts, if you see this Sticko, interested on your finding the two old Henry Hall's in your collection and maybe getting you to post a pic.
Reason I ask is, are they very early?, with the large 'centred' pupil as in the example Tony shows?
I'll drop you a PM to jog your memory.
Regards, Seaweed.
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jaybonnie
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Fantastic read
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