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    Posted: 11 Feb 2011 at 10:51am
It is another, I am sorry ,what home do these belong too.
 
Queensland Monthly July 1995.
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Stephen Booth Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Feb 2011 at 10:55am
Good mag that!WinkWinkWink
Painted sticks with hooks sure, but they are oh soooo nice!
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Anybody happen to  have one in their collection, or actually familiar with the lure.

Perhaps someone has one in their unknowns.

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We were sent some as a promotion in 1995 to our club. To tell the truth I haven't swum it... Confused Must take it out one day... LOL They were touted as the "BEST NEW LURE" on the scene...


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Thanks  Ian

Just curious what it actually looked like in the flesh.

The shape of the bib intrigued me.

They are clear in the photo, must have had some changes at some stage.

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John, from memory, I think it was a woman who was peddling these lures and said they did custom paint jobs which may explain why some bibs were painted. Mine is a 4" model, quite flexible, and I think I had a smaller one at some stage...
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Pearcey Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Sep 2015 at 1:45pm
Made on the gold coast many years ago , i think the lures had some swimming issues at the start , good concept , i can remember seeing them at the Tackle Warehouse when i worked there in the mid nineties , i think they were more accepted in the U.S.A than here , new concepts back then were not readily accepted , no such thing as spinner baits and Mr Twister tails were pretty much all that was available , cheers pearcey
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GOT 3 here i got of Knollsy  there cooooooool as never fished themClapClapBig smileBig smileBig smileregards bob
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Darby Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Sep 2015 at 5:44pm
Piercey is right, they never took off over here, They ended up being bought by some US mob and pretty much flopped after initial launch. I do believe they did make a reappearance just a few years ago on the local market, with much the same result. Modelled off the old french SOSY lure which swam a lot better. There are plenty of better swim baits around now even if they were cheap.


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Also have this one, a bit smaller and looks to be a different maker... Confused



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I remember Possum lures well, they came to my factory back in the early 90's and asked me if I could fix the problem they were having getting their lures to swim right after swimming a few in my test tank it was pretty obvious  all the bib placements were way out. By the time they left that day I had replaced each models bibs with some JaySea bibs and they seemed to work fine, shortly after that I think they sold it to a US company.
 
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Ian, I am pretty sure yours is the original SOSY lure from france
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Thanks everyone for the additional info.Thumbs Up

Amazing, it is out there somewhere, just need to tap it

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hi all
found these in the bottom of a tackle box
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Screamingreel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 6:31am
Thanks for posting I missed the last post.
I came across the add this morning again  and checked to see if I had placed it up on the site.

Amazing the amount of info provided.

Thanks 

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