New Wiggle Wart Colors

[balsabee]

For those that haven't seen it...the first Wiggle Wart ad from my 1976 bassmaster magazine.

[abkeenan]

For those that haven't seen it...the first Wiggle Wart ad from my 1976 bassmaster magazine.

Pretty cool. Put it on Ebay and you might be surprised with a ridiculous price too.

[5bites]

I painted 4 pre rapalas in V62 this weekend.

They're not for sale, but for addiction of catching fat smallmouth.

I saw those on fb. As I said there I'm impressed! Would love to see them finished in matte clear.

[Guest]

I saw those on fb. As I said there I'm impressed! Would love to see them finished in matte clear.

Im actually buying a matte clear tonight, called plastidip

Its supposed to leave the bait with a matte yet spongy finish like Lucky Craft uses on their craws.

[Champ188]

They'll look great with that matte clear, TrophyFishR.

[fishinwrench]

I'm about ready to go thru my crankbait boxes and will probably pawn off a few WW's so what is the distinguishing factor between original/new ? There are a few in there that I'm not sure about.

[motoman]

I'm about ready to go thru my crankbait boxes and will probably pawn off a few WW's so what is the distinguishing factor between original/new ? There are a few in there that I'm not sure about.

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The experts will be along shortly with more info; but I believe the pre-rapalas all have 'wiggle wart' under the lip.

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And there are probably other distinguishing factors too..........I just can't think of them at the moment.

[abkeenan]

I'm about ready to go thru my crankbait boxes and will probably pawn off a few WW's so what is the distinguishing factor between original/new ? There are a few in there that I'm not sure about.

Pre-Rapala STORM wiggle warts will have "wiggle wart" printed on the underside of the bill. These are the sought after models. The newer Rapala made warts will have the STORM logo printed on the underside of the bill. That is the easiest way to determine what warts you have. Colors are a little different then than they are now and on some/most of the old ones you can see the two halves glued together unevenly whereas the new ones have a lot better quality control and you won't have that "seam" like the old ones.

Also sometimes you can tell its older just by components. If it still has an O-Ring line tie and small chromed treble hooks good chance it is an older model Pre-Rapala wart. In the mid 90's they starting using the speed clip/fast lock swivel deals which they still use now as well. Also "wiggle wart" was printed on the side rear section of the bait and those are also very early model wiggle warts from the 70's and early 80's.

The Rapala take over of STORM was somewhere around 1999-2001 or so.Ned Rig Dave might know if he could get his nose out of Coach K's playbook planning for the upcoming hardcourt season.

[fishinwrench]

So it's all in the stamp on the underside of the bill ? That's frustrating, some of mine are custom painted so I guess there's no way to confirm ?

[abkeenan]

So it's all in the stamp on the underside of the bill ? That's frustrating, some of mine are custom painted so I guess there's no way to confirm ?

Ya that is going to make it every difficult especially if you are wanting to sell them. If I had them in hand I could probably tell you. Like I said look for the uneven seam or halves going down the middle of the bait. New ones will not be off like the old ones. Send them to me and I will confirm or deny them as pre rap warts....for a price. lol.