Vintage lures

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BeardyRich
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Vintage lures

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I used to enjoy pike fishing and built up a good collection of plugs, spinners and lures of various types. One day, I want to mount them in a wall mounted display cabinet
I saw a Heddon River Runt plug for sale the other day for a ridiculously high price of £78 and I said to myself ‘I’ve got one of those down the shed”. Sure enough, I found it this morning and here it is, complete with box, paper catalogue and even the final inspection ticket from the manufacturer.
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Classic lure BR! I've a box of salmon lures that belonged to my grandfather and there's a few well used River Runts in there. Nice to see the original box and paperwork :Thumb:

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Thanks for replying Liphook. It was Barrie Rickards who initially kindled my interest in piking and lure fishing.
My favourite plug is a South Bend Babe Oreno, purchased in the mid 1970s. It has a fabulous action and the teeth marks on it’s body attest to its effectiveness.
I’ll post some pics later.

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Here is the Babe Oreno
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Lovely lures indeed MrB :Hat:

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I love the " indestructible finish" claim. Although 50 years on its almost true!

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Am I right in assuming the Babe Oreno a smaller version of the Bass Oreno Rich? Could you perhaps give me measurements or weight if possible?

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ImageHi Liphook,
I’m not sure of the Bass Oreno sizes. Here is the info below with the weight in grams.
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Thank you Rich :Hat: I've a box of lures that are all of that shape but in different sizes, I hope now to be able to better identify them

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