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[fshndoug]

I am a grandpa Marty

 

 

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, fshndoug said:

Creek Chubb River Runt

You're TOO OLD.  Alzheimer's. 

The River Runt was a Heddon plug.   

 

See if you can identify these......

[Gavin]

I see what appears to be a midge oreno and a flat fish. Not sure about the others. 

[fishinwrench]

14 minutes ago, Gavin said:

I see what appears to be a midge oreno and a flat fish. Not sure about the others. 

Score 1 on the Midge-Oreno.  

What your seeing that looks flatfishy is an old wooden top water "doodlesocking" spoon that I've never been able to properly identify.   It used to have a clump of hackles streaming off the back of it.   It came from a resort in Minnesota.   No markings on it at all.   

Somebody should actually make some of these.....because it has an incredible amount of action.    

[Gavin]

If you have a better picture my friend Steve White could I’d them all. You could find him through my Facebook if you still do that.

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, fshndoug said:

I am a grandpa Marty

 

 

            I am a great Grandpa Doug.

[Ryan Miloshewski]

You old guys and your banter. I'll have my grandpa send a pic of our (his?) lure collection back in St. Louis. His favorite lures growing up were the Heddon Sonic and Shore Minnow. In fact, I see a Coachdog Sonic right in the middle there @fishinwrench

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, Ryan Miloshewski said:

In fact, I see a Coachdog Sonic right in the middle there @fishinwrench

+1. 👍 

 

I worked part time at a bait shop before I could even drive, and there was an old guy that would come in every couple months and buy up all the Heddon Sonics, and Bayou Boogies that we had on the rack.   

I grabbed a few of each and tried them diligently in the ponds, creeks, and strip pits where I fished at the time........I never even got a sniff on them.     Not sure what/where that ol' fart was fishing, but he sure seemed to be on to something.

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

Not sure what/where that ol' fart was fishing, but he sure seemed to be on to something.

Maybe he was handing them out to folks as decoys saying that he caught such and such bass on them, but used other lures 😁!

[Ryan Miloshewski]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

   Not sure what/where that ol' fart was fishing, but he sure seemed to be on to something.

First time my grandpa used one he was 15-years old. His family had a farm that backed up to Middletown Lake near Montgomery City. He says he threw across a mouth of a cove and a 4-5 lb fish hit. He lost it. The next four casts he caught four bass 4.5 lbs. Said they were identical. Of course that was the day and age of catch and keep, so he loaded up the stringer and great grandma fried them up with frog legs for dinner for the 20+ people at the house. 

He used that thing religiously and swears by it. He's too afraid to use any of the ones today.