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Boss just talked with Chris Friday and ordered some production molds. These folks are head and shoulders above most mold makers out there. I'm not talking necessarily about quick reply's or whatever (although we've never had a problem getting them) but they have some of the best molds we've ever had produced for us. Great folks, great company, great molds!

You can buy the new flat rubber direct from Rat Trap Bait Co. No website but give Bubba (Robinson) at; 863-967-2148, tell him Venom told you to call. Have used the product and it does everything the "old" did but better. Doesn't weld together in the heat etc.

Here's an email address for a fella that does thousands of these for different companies: guardian1@earthlink.net. The company name is ESSCO. Tell him Kirby told you to call

Where do you guys buy your beads - plastic - for spinner baits etc.

What bassdeucer said

Just called him 863-967-2148, he's down in Auburndale Florida. I guess he's having this made specially for him? Limited supplies at present so give him a holler.

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Bubba's has a great black with gold large glitter chunks.

Eagle Claw has really stepped up to the plate lately. I'm told their sharpness coefficient is the same as Gammy's in their ultra sharp line. I'm sure someone on here has a comp chart but remember to always check the actual design out on EC's website to make sure it's what you want.

Mark, BPS used to offer just what you're talking about. It was a spinnerbait with a shakee blade on it and they called it a Tornado. It was put out under Shoestring Dubois name.

Happened to have nothing to do for the moment and even though I'd previously responded to this post I thought it would be interesting to point out a couple of items. Z-Man's patent actually covers the specific way it attaches, i.e., thru the actual hook eye. They know they cannot claim "rights" to the blade itself nor can they claim infringement if a blade is attached to a bait using a split ring or other configuration. Now they can "bully" and send copies of their claimed proprietary rights and most will acquiesce (and rightly so) but if they ever come up against the big boys my sense is they'll loose. Does anyone remember Uncle Buck's Tornado Spinner Bait? It was designed by "Shoestring" DuBois and featured a blade (they called it a clapper) attached to the spinner bait which caused it not only to flap and wobble but also make noise via its attachment to the frame. Shoestring claimed one could use it as a spinner bait or a buzzbait, it all depended on how fast one cranked it in. The prominent feature of this lure was the "blade" and other than the bend, it's basically a Z-Man blade. Any comments re this analogy? Wish I could find a pic of the old bait, Bass Pro no longer stocks them and I've googled it to find a pic, to no avail.

Vid worked for me and I wasn't even in the sign in mode at the time? That's a neat looking action from what I can see.

Some of the sites even show the differences between their #4 and the "other guys" #3.5, I know Worth Blades are sometimes a bit larger than another brand's so these charts come in handy.

I guess time will tell on this "new" setup. Not much difference between that and plain wire guards that are on some of the setups on drop shot hooks etc.

Just for the heck of it I looked at their original patent dates (Googled it) and I see that their original patent ran out last year? since that time, they've been busy patenting their "system" to any number of lures so as to lock them in as well? I'm no attorney now, so I could be way off base, but their seven years ran out hence their scramble to "muddy the waters" so to speak. I never really understood if it was the blade, or the attachment of the blade to the particular lure with a particular terminal piece?