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    Posted: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:26am
Was given these two old Leads a while ago by a LL member Thumbs Up. Unfortunately I never thought to take a before pic but both lures were a real mess, all wire eyelets were buggered so had to be stripped out and replaced etc, the small lure was a nose towed but the wire broke inside so I decided to modify it slightly and turn it into a lexan bib towed, swims awesome now so will fish it. The other sander belly style will sit in my collection, I had always wanted one in that particular colour, one of Terry's early old school colours, now I have one and am very happy with the end result, I did the scales in a larger pattern so there would be no chance of confusion with an original.


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They look great Carl!!Big smile
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Wow they came up mint. Great work.
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G'day Carl, Nice work! Clap


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Very Nice work Carl
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Very nicely done Carl. Is that top lure the lure / shape Terry made as the first Bransfords Tropical Rogue?
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top stuff gristy - very nice WinkWink
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote grey nomad Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jan 2019 at 7:31pm
Thanks fellas, appreciate your comments.

Martin, that lure has the scalloped flat belly (sander belly), first of the stickered lures, probably around late 84 into 85-86. think you will find it's a long time before the Tropical Rogues which were much later.

Maybe Chris McBride can add more info, I believe he knows a fair bit more than I do about the 
Tropical Rogues and other Leads ? 
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Thanks Carl. 
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Nice job Carl
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I have a couple of old leads including a sander belly model.  They certainly were a long time before the tropical  rogues were made for bransfords.  I am not sure about the rest of you but i struggle to even say Leads lures and Bransfords in the same post.

Ill put some pics up when I get a chance.

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