Some More Old Lures

[Wayne SW/MO]

It's interesting that the spoon has a hook hanger to hold the single in place. I would think that would indicate that the company also made other lures.

I have some lures designed by a guy in Oklahoma that used a plastic tail inserted in the rear of a diving lure. It was called the Lil Chubby and he eventually sold it to Storm. Here's one listed on E-Bay, but the tail isn't standard on this one. The tails that came with them were thinner and shorter. The tail slip into a molded bracket on the rear and hung out the back.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Wayne - is that a Mann's lure ? If so I have one in all white with blue eyes.

Very early foil Rapala's

What is this pink crawdad lures name ?

Anyone know this little neon green crawdad type lure ?

[Flysmallie]

I remember those Wayne. They were neat little lures, don't remember anyone ever catching anything on one but they sure looked cool in the water.

[fishinwrench]

Wayne, Looks like the prototype of the Danc'in eel. (35 year old Bill Dance commercial playing in my head now)

[Jerry Rapp]

I think Wayne's is a little stubby by storm? And Brian's pink craw is a creek chub crawdad. I would maybe think the pink craw might get Brian a couple of mega bass jerk baits if he sold it on ebay.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I think Storm continued to call it the Lil Chubby, but I 'm not absolutely positive. I can't remember the guys name, but Johnny Morris style he was going a round selling them at tournaments and shops. The one in the picture has been bastardized, probably be cause they original tails aren't available. You can cut the tail from a 3" grub, leaving enough meat to hold it in and it would be very close to the original. As for dating them, early 70's for certain.

Here's another lure from the same period. I never owned or used the bottom one, but I caught some really nice bass in the spring on the top one. It was killer on Toledo Bend in late winter.

[Al Agnew]

The name of Brian's neon green crawdad lure is the Bass Magnet. It enjoyed a brief period of great popularity among smallmouth anglers in some parts of the country in the late 1980s.

I believe Flysmallie's bottom one is the Hoodler. It was my favorite topwater for big Wappapello Lake bass when I was a kid fishing with my dad. I still have several.

[LarrySTL]

Yep, a Hoodler....same company that made the Woodchopper. I knew a guy who would throw a Hoodler all day, darn near every day, on Table Rock. He'd generally catch about 2 or 3 fish, but those would seem to average 4 or 5 pounds.