Roddy doesn't seem to be able to post right now, so until we get it straightened out I'll try to post a few things for him. He e-mailed me this.....

[wow,this is great seeing these lures here,brings back some wonderful
memories.

I remember slinging the Big Daddy goo-goo's across the rips and riding
the surface back and having them get smashed by some of the worst
alligator choppers I have seen.

I have taken choppers on the big mackeral goo-goo eyes plug all of 45
inches and over 20 pounds.

my personal best was 22.5 pounds inside of 100 yards of where my
friend[like a brother] Steven J. Franco took the Ct. state record bass.
there were no bass around in those days.

there were not many kinds of wood around then.

we knew about dannys,goo-goo's and atoms,that was pretty much it.

there were some custom guys around but,just 3 or 4.
funny thing too because the very few custom guys used scew eyes and not
through wires,never really made a difference to anyone back then.

maybe thats why I like using them myself,one thing thats very important,I
NEVER saw one or heard of one pulling out,thats a fallacy,if the correct
type is used,just FYI.

man,those were the days for real.if you didn't have some strong gear you
lost!]