Hey guys, here is the deal on the bagleys stuff: the baits in the orange and white packaging is from the mid 80s. these baits were not through wire construction, they had an stainless steel eye screw in the tail like the ones you guys cut in half. the best bagley baits were pre 1980. these had all brass wire, through bait construction which was 3 brass wires glued in the center with fiberglass resin, and the lead in the lip. I have cut one of these baits in half, and thats how i build my balsa b copies. these bagley baits from the 70s clearly run better, have better action, and catch more fish than the newer (1980-94) baits.
I collect these baits, and have fished with them all my life. I started building baits to copy these so i didnt destroy my originals.
The guy from japan who won the classic? was throwing a 1970s era BB2 with brass hardware, in color AG9 (red eyes), or LG9 (same color, yellow eyes) its called lime green on chartreuce. Dion Hibdon personally told me this guy (from japan) claims he has 2000 of these balsa bs from the 1970s.
The rattle trap bagley? was called a balsa shiner. Made from balsa with no rattles. The early ones were brass wire (70s), and the later ones were eye screws (80s)
If you guys have any questions about ANY of the bagley stuff let me know.