Friday, May 31, 2019

6/1 - for sale: MY VINTAGE LURE COLLECTION

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BACK WHEN, I STARTED COLLECTING MIRROLURES. MOSTLY CLEAR EYED 70's TWITCH BAITS. THEN, I PICKED UP SOME EVEN OLDER. AND A FEW BOXES.

 THEN, I WENT WITH A THEME; ''COMPETITORS'' OF MIRROLURE.
LURES WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. TWITCH BAITS, BIG EYES, FOIL ''FLASH'' INSERTED IN THE LURES...WHICH WAS NOT WHAT EARLY MIRROLURES HAD.

 THEN, I COLLECTED SOME COMPETITORS, AT LEAST THATS WHAT I CALLED THEM. CISCO KID TWITCH BAITS, MIRACLE FISH LURES, WHICH I HAVE A FEW THAT ARE BRAND NEW, AND A BRAND NEW BOX. ONE I WAS OFFERED $40 FOR BECAUSE A GUY HAD THE ENTIRE LINE UP OF MIRACLE FISH LURES, BUT WAS MISSING THE SIZE AND COLOR I HAD! I DECLINED AND HE WAS REALLY MAD.

 THERE WAS HISTORY BETWEEN A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES. MIRROLURE....OR AS ONE OF MY BOXES SAYS ''MIRA-LURE'' PRIOR TO THEM CHANGING THEIR NAME. MOVED OPERATIONS FROM ILL. TO LARGO FLORIDA, AND I THINK THE STORY GOES....SO DID MIRACLE FISH!

 OLD NEVER SEEN BY ME, TWITCH BAITS, I BOUGHT AND BARTERED TO GET...."BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE COOL AND WOULD CATCH SPECKLED SEA TROUT. EVEN THOUGH I'D NEVER USE THEM.

 THEN, I WENT TO A TACKLE SHOW IN DAYTONA BEACH AND SAW THAT "PIER BAITS", SALTWATER LONG CASTING BAITS USED BY PIER FISHERMAN WERE KINDA COLLECTIBLE, SO i WENT THAT DIRECTION FOR A LITTLE WHILE, I HAD TO HAVE THE PALMERS, AND SEAHAWKS TOO.

 THERES A GUDEBROD LURE OR TWO, A WHOLE SET OF BANANA LURES SOLD IN THAT BACK OF FIELD AND STREAM MAGAZINE, WHEN I WAS A KID, SO I HAD TO COLLECT THOSE TOO.

 THERE'S A CERTAIN SET OF CISCO KIDS THAT ARE ALSO TWITCH BAITS THAT FETCHED AT LEAST $10 EACH 20 YEARS AGO ACCORDING TO CONDITION.

 SOME UNKNOWN JAPANESE (?) BAITS THAT I SWEAR LOOK LIKE GUBEBRODS. AND MANY OTHERS LIKE LONG AGO DISCONTINUED MIRROLURES, THAT KIDS TODAY WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE.

 TODAY MOST IS JUST CHINESE JUNK, INFERIOR AND OVER COMPLICATED. FISH DON'T CARE AND NEITHER DID I.

 I HAD MY PERSONAL THEME, BUT IN THE PAST YEARS I HAVE NOT COLLECTED ANY MORE AT ALL.

 I HAVE A DRAWER FULL OF 2017 & 2018 EGRET TWITCH BAITS CALLED KICK-A-MULLET, AND SEGMENTED SWIM BAITS CALLED EGRET VUDU MULLET, THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY KILLER, BAITS.

 BUT I NEVER USE THEM. I'M A BAIT FISHERMAN ALONG WITH MY CHARTER CUSTOMERS.

 EXCLUDING ME, IF YOU CAN'T CATCH THEM WITH A MEAL, HOW YOU GOING TO FOOL THEM WITH A PIECE OF PLASTIC.
AND MOST OF MY CHARTERS ARE DONE WITH LIVE OR DEAD SALTWATER BAIT FISH AND SHRIMP, WHICH IS HARD ENOUGH FOR THE ONCE A YEAR GUY.

 I KNOW THESE WON'T FLY OFF MY RACK IN MY LIVING ROOM WHERE THEY'VE HUNG FOR 15 YEARS.

 BUT I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN OFFERS (NO GOOFBALL CRAIGSLIST "I WANT IT FOR FREE PEOPLE) BUT GENUINE LURE LOVERS, COLLECTORS LIKE MYSELF TO ADD TO THEIR OWN COLLECTION OR FOR SOMEONE TO ADD TO THIS COLLECTION, FOR DISPLAY OR ......."USE".

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