Hi there,
Today I am going to tell you the tale , not of a horse with no name, but of a lure with no name...
A few months ago, I was gifted a beautiful timber lure.
One that I believed to be a Killalure, yet something was not right. I had never seen one looking like this. The eyes, the tow point and the hooks hangers were right, but something about the shape was unusual…
Was it just a copy, or a very rare one?
It looks like a baby Barramundi.
I asked here and there if anyone had already seen a similar lure. But to no avail, the mystery grew deeper and deeper.
With a lot of people giving their opinion. Some of the answer I received, were closer to science fiction than reality.
Then one evening trolling an online lure forum, I struck gold!
I found someone who obviously had a very good knowledge of the Killalure brand (And you are soon to know why).
I sent him a message, he replied and the enigma was no more.
The lure is indeed a Killalure, from the mid 80’s. It is in fact a 4” Killalure cut down. While making them, the good people at Killaure had a problem with a run of blank that had been over sanded. So the man making them, cut the tail off, and put on them some aluminum bib that he had laying around.
About one hundred of them were made. The run was so short; that the lure didn’t even received a name!
The Killalure with no name.
The lures were painted with Dulux Base Coat.
The colour is originally a Nils Master one, but in the Killalure range this is the colour number 70. The hooks might be 777 #2 Eagle Claws.
A few different bibs were used for this lure model; on this one it was the 3” Barra Bait bib.
The 3" Barrra Bait bib
Who is the man who generously gave me all this information?
It is no one else than the man behind the Killalure saga: the legendary Dave Killalea.
How good is that?
Have a good day,
Pecheur
P.S: Thanks to the Dave who gave me this lure, and thanks to the Dave who give me the information about this lure.
Two different Dave, but two top bloke.
A lure with no name...
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Re: A lure with no name...
This one of the model before it was cut down. Towing eye is level with the bib. Good in the dirty water. One of the first lures I bought when Mick opened shop in Coolalinga.
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"AGE is an ART ""Doesn't mean you get any smarter..just wrinkled and cracked".
"No angler watches nature in a passive way...He enters into its very existence." (John Bailey...Reflections on a Waters Edge)
"Govern a Family as you would catch a small fish....Very Gently." (Chinese Proverb)
"Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." (Rafael Sabatini...1857-1950)
I pray that one day God sends me a fish so big that, when talking of it...I have no reason to lie.
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Re: A lure with no name...
Hi Olfart,
Beautiful lure, thank you for showing it.
That would have been a deep diver no?
How old is this one?
(No I am not asking about your age... )
Have a good day,
Pecheur
Beautiful lure, thank you for showing it.
That would have been a deep diver no?
How old is this one?
(No I am not asking about your age... )
Have a good day,
Pecheur
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Re: A lure with no name...
2-3m Regis, bought it new when Mick opened in Coolalinga back in '95.
" YOUTH is a GIFT "
"AGE is an ART ""Doesn't mean you get any smarter..just wrinkled and cracked".
"No angler watches nature in a passive way...He enters into its very existence." (John Bailey...Reflections on a Waters Edge)
"Govern a Family as you would catch a small fish....Very Gently." (Chinese Proverb)
"Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." (Rafael Sabatini...1857-1950)
I pray that one day God sends me a fish so big that, when talking of it...I have no reason to lie.
"AGE is an ART ""Doesn't mean you get any smarter..just wrinkled and cracked".
"No angler watches nature in a passive way...He enters into its very existence." (John Bailey...Reflections on a Waters Edge)
"Govern a Family as you would catch a small fish....Very Gently." (Chinese Proverb)
"Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." (Rafael Sabatini...1857-1950)
I pray that one day God sends me a fish so big that, when talking of it...I have no reason to lie.
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Re: A lure with no name...
Hey Oldfart. I think you will find that lure to be a forrester or amazon rather than a killalure.
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Re: A lure with no name...
Yep, spot on Pete, Forrester, came in a placcy bag, remember mick telling me it was local, that's why I bought it.
Trying to find the other one I got at the same time.
Sorry Regis, must be getting old.
Trying to find the other one I got at the same time.
Sorry Regis, must be getting old.
" YOUTH is a GIFT "
"AGE is an ART ""Doesn't mean you get any smarter..just wrinkled and cracked".
"No angler watches nature in a passive way...He enters into its very existence." (John Bailey...Reflections on a Waters Edge)
"Govern a Family as you would catch a small fish....Very Gently." (Chinese Proverb)
"Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." (Rafael Sabatini...1857-1950)
I pray that one day God sends me a fish so big that, when talking of it...I have no reason to lie.
"AGE is an ART ""Doesn't mean you get any smarter..just wrinkled and cracked".
"No angler watches nature in a passive way...He enters into its very existence." (John Bailey...Reflections on a Waters Edge)
"Govern a Family as you would catch a small fish....Very Gently." (Chinese Proverb)
"Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." (Rafael Sabatini...1857-1950)
I pray that one day God sends me a fish so big that, when talking of it...I have no reason to lie.
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Re: A lure with no name...
I have a few of them. I think the front hook is screwed in which is a pity because they have a good action. Can you get them anymore?cuddlescooper wrote:Hey Oldfart. I think you will find that lure to be a forrester or amazon rather than a killalure.
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