The Glory Daze,,

[Rip-Plugger]

Howdy folks,

My Main Man Monty and I came up with the idea to put up pix of years gone by,,gear we used,bucktails,plugs,reels and other tidbits that were the normal gear used by most from those years ago.

Monty will be posting both of our shots asap.
I would like to see shots of your old gear just so the younguns here can see stuff they may have only heard about and to compare whats happening now.
keep your eyes peeled as the pix will be put up asap!

R-P

[Monty]

Here's 5 from R-P

1- Port side,old rebel which has caught many a schoolie,when only
schooies were around.[early 80's]

2-Top-old mackeral pattern rebel[sinker] which has also caught MANY
schoolies,we found that sinking rebels casted almost 2wice as far as
floaters hence others wondered why we fished them.[80's]

3-2nd + 3rd,small bombers blasted onto the scene,loved them,tossed them
around bridge abutments and such with great results.

4-4th is a 71 creek chub pikie? it has glass eyes and I love the
color,metallic mint green with gold face,caught a few small bass with
it.

5-Starboard side,another old sinking rebel,many on that one as well.

[Monty]

Some antiques Rip Plugger owns

1-top: pflueger Mustang in scaled blue mullet hue.[1960's?]

2-pflueger Pal-O-Mine.[1960"s?]

3-pflueger-mustang-rudolph[1960's?]

[Monty]

3 from R-P

1-amber atom reverse,had this before I even went salty![1977]

2-creek chub popper[tiny]

3-1999 Mandile Goo-goo eyes swimmer,9 inches of wood.[a tad shorter
than I].

[Monty]

2 more from R-P
1- Boone trolling lure,we used to cast these heavy things and slam
alligator choppers instantly.!

2-original L. Cooper of Stamford,Ct. Goo-Goo eyes swimmer "Husky Dude"
about 6 inches and 2-1/4 oz,THE top swimmer in my area at the time!
price was $4.29[rudolph hue]

[surfwalker]

Great pics, keep 'em coming.

[madcaster]

2 more from R-P
1- Boone trolling lure,we used to cast these heavy things and slam
alligator choppers instantly.!

2-original L. Cooper of Stamford,Ct. Goo-Goo eyes swimmer "Husky Dude"
about 6 inches and 2-1/4 oz,THE top swimmer in my area at the time!
price was $4.29[rudolph hue]

monty :How did the Boone trolling lure swim ? did it swim in a zig zag ?

[aage]

My all-time favorit is Hicky-Do by Ray Waren from Mass. Mid 40s

[hookedonbass]

Nice, the tag on there says they are herring plugs. Have you caught a lot of stripers on them when they're around or have you stopped using them because of their collector value?

[aage]

Nice, the tag on there says they are herring plugs. Have you caught a lot of stripers on them when they're around or have you stopped using them because of their collector value?

His shop was in an old barn located on Great Herring Pond in Cedarville Mass. Where he operated an old peddle lathe to make his lures.
It was a one man operation in the mid 40s.He was well known and they caught a lot of fish.On the box it said "Heavy enough to get out there"

[jigfreak]

Great piece of history, Aage. Love reading stuff like that, thanks for sharing it.

[albiealert]

His shop was in an old barn located on Great Herring Pond in Cedarville Mass. Where he operated an old peddle lathe to make his lures.
It was a one man operation in the mid 40s.He was well known and they caught a lot of fish.On the box it said "Heavy enough to get out there"

Thank you sir, so enjoyed reading the details. Love that old time marketing, simple but effective.

[vpass]

12 pound Blue Caught on Rip-Pluggers metal lip Swimmer on the Week of Thanksgiving.

[vpass]

Here is one Bass of Many Caught on Metal lips swimmers Thanks to Rip-Plugger. Awsome plugs.

[Rip-Plugger]

My all-time favorit is Hicky-Do by Ray Waren from Mass. Mid 40s

I bet those have some good stories if they could talk.
nice to see them.

[Rip-Plugger]

sea shad 6 inch

[Rip-Plugger]

6 inch bomber fuse

[Rip-Plugger]

6 inch bomber fuse