I lived in Pittsboro NC back in the 80's/90's and my Home Lakes were Jordan, Falls, Buggs Island And Harris. I have over 150 POE'S Made in Turlock CA with the Box saying Copyright POE'S 1987...Best Damn Crankbait I have ever chunked...Still have my BB1ngs 3.8gr and 2 Lew's 7' foot fiberglass cranking Stix's and 2 7' Lamiglas Gerald Beck cranking Stix's...Hands down still the best cranking and chunking combo today for me anyways...
I also have bought plenty of Tapp's from Jerry Lohr at his shop. I also fished with the old man who made the Hawg Caller Spinner Bait, I sold the crap out of those in my shop at Outfitters Unlimited in Pittsboro NC. I still have about 50 of them still in packages.
I loved Tennessee Tuffie's (TT) so i have a bunch of them also.
So trust me I heard all the stories also, about these baits since I ran Outfitters Unlimited
Also I am most likley the only one to have a original prototype of the "FRONT RUNNER" hand made and signed by Doyle Hodges he then Sold it to Bill Norman and they mass produced them.
So cool to find a thread from when I was in the mix and fished against all those gents back in the day. Also we hunted for fish back then with flashers, depth finders and paper graphs...Now they pick them off with Live Scopes, what a shame that aint fishing.
Well if some how anyone see this thread and my new comments give me a shout
Best wishes and Big Fishes...
