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selection of trolling tackle/lures that are hard
to come by in the UK. I aim to sell these items at a cost that matches or
is as near to the equivalent cost in the USA.
Cut plug: 4¾" long with 100lb test bead
chain swivel and 2 hook Eagle claw hooks on a 100lb test Dacron harness.@
£4.75 each
LURES.
In the past when I used to do more fly fishing I
would spend the close season tying fly's hoping to hit on that
"Killer" pattern, and sometimes I did, with one particular
pattern catching me 18 fish out of 23 one day. Now I spent more time
trolling I have invested in an Airbrush and learned how to use it and I am
now making and painting lures. My main range of lures are primarily
for Ferox and are painted to imitate their prey food such as Smolts,
Trout, Perch and Char. To try and imitate Brown trout is pretty
challenging with the vast range of colours and spot variations, one of the
Brown trout patterns has 11different coats/stages of paint.
From my days as a kid when I used to fish
Burns, you would get a trout from one pool that was golden brown with red
spots and black and white edged fins, and then 50yds downstream in another
pool the Trout would be black as the Ace of Spades with only a few red
spots, so I reckon it will need 3 patterns minimum to cover the Brown
trout or though you could go up to 5 or 6 to cover the variations from
loch to loch.
Barbie plug |
 Hot
tiger plug |
 Perch
plug |
 Pike
plug |
 Char
plug |
Chartreuse/orange tiger |
 Spotty
brownie |
 Orange
tiger |
 Pink
tiger |
 Smolt |
 Standard
brownie |
 Sneaky
pete |
 Yellow
belly |
 Orange
and gold |
 Black
and yellow |
 Purple
and white |
The above range of cut-pugs are 4¾" long and come with a hook
harness with 2 Eagle claw laser sharp trebles. Cost £4.75each.
 Doobie
too frog |
 Fire
dot |
 Green
frog |
 Harley
davidson |
 Mongoose |
 Orange
stripe |
 Orange
trout |
 Orange
tiger |
 Plain
gold |
 Chartruse
tiger |
 Plain
silver |
 Clown
spoon |
 Dr
death |
 Blue
and silver |
Ox blood & gold
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Yellow belly
 |
Gold/pink edges
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Brown trout
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The above spoons are 4¾ long and are lightweight and are for trolling
from downriggers and dipsy divers they have a 1/0 Eagle claw hook and cost
£3.00 each.
Lure refinishing
Do you have a favorite lure that is a bit tatty,
or is not available in your favorite colour. I can repaint your spoons or
Kynochs in any of the above colours/patterns, or if you have a personal
favorite colour let me know and I will duplicate it if I can. All lures
will be sanded, undercoated and repainted at a cost of £1.75 each
for spoons and £2.25 each for Kynochs/Cut plugs.
If required new Eagle claw hook and split rings can be added at .30p each.
Trolling weights
Keel shaped trolling weights are essential
if you want to avoid line twist, you can use home-made devices using lead
sheet cut into discs and folded over swivels. But proper trolling weights
with cast in bead chain will out perform them every time, they are
available in 3 sizes 1oz, 2¼ and 4oz.
The cost per weight is 1oz:£1.50,... 2¼oz £2.15,...
4oz £3.25.
Trolling weights with attractor blade.
The above weights are also available with an attractor
blade. I have made these ones without the beadchain swivels
this will hold the cost down to a reasonable level but it does not affect
the anti line twist properties of the weights, I have trolled a large No 4
Mepp all day and have not had any problems with line twist. The link from
the blade to the weight is articulated to stop any "hinging
effect" when you are hopefully playing that monster Ferox.
Cost per weight ...1oz...£1.35...2¼oz...£2.00...4oz...£3.15.
Downrigger cannonballs
I also cast cannonballs for downrigger trolling, I do
one size at the moment:: 8lb the cost is £16.00, the cost of postage on
this one is pretty steep £7.00 for one or £9.00 for 2, or the best
option is if you fish Lochs Awe, Lomond, Earn, Arkaig would be to arrange
to meet and I could then deliver them.
Attractors
Attractors are for bringing fish into your lures they
add flash and noise and fish will come and investigate and then see your
lure and this will hopefully entice them to hit your lure (When you watch
a trout in a burn and throw a small twig or bit of gravel near it , it
will turn and investigate the noise......attractors do the same thing).
4 Bladed attractor £7.50.
They can be fished from Dipsys, Downriggers or flatline
trolled using the keel weights above, the attractors I use have 2
different sizes of blades and consist of 4 blades 2 med and 2 large and an
anti-kink vane. The med and large blades spin in different directions and
this will help to avoid line twist. To use the attractors simply clip to
the end of you line and then attach a 12" to18" length of line
or if there are Pike in the waters you fish, clip a 12" to18"
wire trace to the end of the attractor wire and attach your lure/bait to
this, we use spoons, crankbaits cut-plugs and deadbait rigs.
In-Line Attractor blade
This is an attractor single attractor blade that you can
add to your lure/bait by clipping it at the head of the lure with a duo
lock snap or by tying it a foot or two ahead of the lure to act as
an inline attractor.
In-line attractor with 1½ long silver blade cost each..£0.85.
Used /Refurbished Tomic Plugs
I also have a supply of used Tomic plugs, they are
the 6" size and a few in 7" long. There is a wide range of
colours, far too many to try and list (this page would end up being
MASSIVE!!!!!!!!). So I have broken them up into colour groups Blue/silver,
Chartreuse/silver and Green/silver. The plugs are in a used condition
i.e.: there are some hook marks from trolling and more than a few with
teeth marks!!! but they are in a good fishable condition, they are all
fitted with new Eagle claw hooks and dacron hook harness. The cost
of these plugs is £3.25 each 7"
long Tomic plugs re-painted to match the prey fish of Ferox Trout
The above Tomic plugs are being sold in sets
of 5 lures, the cost of the 5 lures is £26.25 + post. The lures in
the picture show one treble hook but the ones sold will have a
second treble fitted to act as a "stinger" hook.
Here it is!! the ultimate useless angling accessory, it
is guaranteed not to catch you any fish. Have your mobile phone cover
custom painted in Brown or Rainbow trout patterns or Perch, Char , Pike or
if you have a favorite lure pattern you can have it in that. Cost £10.00
per phone cover, simply take off you cover and post to me it will take
about a week to do.
To purchase any of the above items of tackle
contact me by email or order
by order
form and post to the address shown. You can contact
me by phone during office hours 9-5 Mon-Fri at 01360 860514.
Payment can be made by personal cheque, P.O's or by Pay
Pal via my email address.
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