Hi there,

Some of you may have understand by know, that I kind of like fishing lures...
No I am not crazy like some people are, I can control myself...

Any way, here are a few little ones that came in my possession during the last thirty days.

First two Stuckeys lures, that I got from a very generous Angry.
Thanks Angry.
(Stuckey lures are Australian hand made timber lures)


this one is my favourite of the two, I think because of the hooks.


And the second one is not bad either...

Then comes two lures given to me by Double Haul, and I like them a lot too, because they are Australian lures too.
First is a Reidy's one of my favourite brand to collect.



and


Yes with the old logo on the back.

I am happy with this one, because, I already had one in this colour, but it was not in the same depth.
(No, I am not a fishing nerd )

And then, one that I am not sure of what it is, but the more it goes the more I think that this might be an old Killalure.
Already three persons told me that this might be one.
If ever you know what this is, please let me know.


Is that a Killalure?
Thanks Double Haul.

And last, this is just a replica, but I had been searching for so long for one of these that I am happy with a replica.
Specially thinking that this one was made specially for me by Mr Rex and I am very grateful for that.
Thank you Rex.
Specially if you know that he first made me one and asked if I was going to use it?
I replied that No, I was not going to take the risk of loosing it.
So a bit later he came back to me with another one, saying that like this I would have one for the collection and one for the tackle box.
Yes it is the 303.
The lure that the Soldiers that were stationed up here in the Top End during WWII were making to catch some Barramundi.


The one for the collection.


And the one to use.

It might just look like a very simple thing to most of you.
But I wanted one that was conform to what they used to be.
So I am very happy with it.


Have a good day,
Pecheur

Hi Pecheur
The 303 Lure that I saw a Buffalo hunter using at Yellow waters in around 1973 had 2 very highly polished 303 shells & pretty sure they were primer end first. (Will confirm with my old man) The bottom lure is an early Killalure........Cheers

Hi Takinapunt,

Thank you for this great information.
It might be a lot to ask, but is there a way to get a photo of the 303 that you saw?
If no, no stress, the information that you gave me is already great!

Have a good day,
Pecheur

I will talk to my old man tonight & see if he took a slide of it but I doubt it as it was only an interest thing at the time.....Cheers

Cool Stuff

Pech, that is definitely a Killalure. The old timber ones with the metal bibs. I had a couple of those in very good condition, that I gave to "Frenchy" from the Tacklebox NT. I will have a dig through my old lures for you, I have some old reidy's that are not made anymore. They are in pretty good condition, unfortunately not still in the box.

The 303 lures were a champion.

Cheers,

Doors Off

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pech have you herd about the web site LURELOVERS really good if your a collector and after info. Give it a go mate sum pretty interesting stuff on it

Hi pecheur
When i first got up here (late 80s) a mates oldman took me fishing on daly he had some bullet lures but they were in 308 and 222 some were rigged primer first some open end, when i asked why the 2 styles was one better than the orther? He looked at them strange and said dunno must have been p...ed when i made that lot,,,, just chuck em in barra around here will eat anything
Still use them whhen I can get my hands on some empty shells

Cheeers
Jeffish

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Doors Off: I sure am happy that you are back from overseas!




Hi PonyPlay, Yes I heard of them, but do more with Lure and More, they are Australian and very good on information. Maybe I should check Lurelovers, but then there is too many forums and not enough time.
I still need a bit of time to go fishing you know...



That is a great story Jeffish!
"When you write Still use them When I can get my hands on some empty shells", is that what the guy told you at the time, or do you personally use them?


And yes I am happy to know that this might be a Killalure, as I didn't had any in timber.


Have a good day,
Pecheur

Hi Pecheur
Yes i still use them ,but havent made any for about a year I dont shoot any more ,I once made one with a .375 big bore cartridge ,,,bl..dy awsome,,,a mungrel fish decided he wanted it more than me .
I,ve tinkered with a few styles , even added a bit of colour and feathers .Love my little Brass Bombers.
Just wish they still worked as good as they did on that first fishin trip,,,,,may be the barra have got gun shy

Cheers jeff

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Hi Pech', you'll find the .303 bomber is rigged both ways, when the primer is forward the casing sits down over the shank of the hook, the REAL secret is to brasso the case to a mirror finish, only ever saw them rigged straight onto 100lb hand line, no wire. graham

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I'm going to make some of these out of .338 brass if anyone is interested?

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how much troamaru i would love one for the bar room

Regards peter

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PM sent to you Troamaru.

Have a good day,
Pecheur

Pech, I got one here you can have for your collection. It's about 30 years old and never seen the water!
Want it?