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colsel
Senior Member Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Location: Coffs Harbour Status: Offline Points: 578 |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2011 at 6:41pm |
Back in May I requested Ollie to put together a boxed set of his fabulous shrimps for my collection. I supplied him with images of Australian parrots and cockatoos as inspiration for some of the colour selections and left the rest up to him. These turned up today. What a triumph! The quality craftsmanship, brilliant paintwork and magnificent presentation are a great testament to his creative talents. The care and attention to detail that has gone into these masterpieces has blown me away and I feel privileged to accept them. Australia certainly is blessed with some of the best lure makers in the world. It's a pleasure to share these with you all. |
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Oldman
LureLovers.com Guide Beta Tester Joined: 17 Nov 2009 Location: Coffs Harbour Status: Offline Points: 2132 |
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Col
Very nice. Should look good with your other cray's. Laurie. |
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Nicho
Stall Holder Nichos Maulers Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Location: POMONA QLD Status: Offline Points: 8752 |
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very nice set...........ollie is a master for sure
Jas |
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Nichos Maulers Homemade timber lures....THEY CATCH FISH!
YA DONT KNOW...IF YA DONT GO...SO GET OUT THERE AND... FISH IT |
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RAVA
Industry Member AkLures Joined: 09 Nov 2010 Location: Heddon Greta Status: Offline Points: 2077 |
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WOW they are just awesome Ollie is one very very talented lure maker I to am just blown away by his work
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Fish hate me!!!
Cheers Gary |
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CaptainCranky
LureLovers.com Guide Beta Tester Joined: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Cairns Status: Offline Points: 7143 |
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Fabulous work Ollie.Were some of the parrots,Galah,Princess,Regent,Superb and that's all I can remember from my bird days.
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The Journey is the Reward
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Powelly
Stall Holder Powell Lures Joined: 16 Feb 2010 Location: Port Macquarie Status: Offline Points: 2196 |
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A very talented man, is Ollie
Fantastic looking lures and the box sets it off perfectly.
Cheers
Travers
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puglee62
Stall Holder Fugly Lures Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Location: ipswich Status: Offline Points: 7939 |
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beautiful lures from a real craftsman and a good bloke to boot,i dunno much about parrots but there looks to be a rosella color in there
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edzard
Stall Holder Ollie's Stingrays Joined: 20 May 2010 Location: Mt Crosby,Qld Status: Offline Points: 581 |
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Thank you all for your kind words, certainly enjoyed making them, love a challenge especially when they're at this size(body length is 50mm and nippers were 28mmX7mm) lost count of how many times I dropped the nippers while sanding. Here is a couple of extra photos before glueing the bibs.
Cheers
Ollie
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bassnbob
Stall Holder B.O.B Timber Lures Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Charlestown Status: Offline Points: 9390 |
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NICE OLLIE very very sexy nippers indeedyregards bob
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Jeff
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Absolutely AWESOME ... well done
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darcymenchin
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Ollie you are the master ,
Regards Darcy.
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Red Hunter
Stall Holder Red Hunter Fishing Rods Joined: 19 Mar 2011 Location: Cooktown C,YORK Status: Offline Points: 2550 |
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WOW
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horrorhead
LureLovers.com Fanatic LureLover of the Year 2020 Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Cooktown qld Status: Offline Points: 14028 |
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It has been said many times before that there are many talented lure makers and they seem to be on this site especially. How good are these?
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Martin-
you don't havta be pretty to fish |
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handbrake
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 20 Jul 2011 Location: Glenlyon Dam Status: Offline Points: 2390 |
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They look wonderful. Who was it that said luremakers don't make pretty lures. They attract me and no doubt the fish too.
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Lure-Nut
Stall Holder Tonk Lures Joined: 01 Dec 2009 Location: Mermaid Waters Status: Offline Points: 1486 |
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Col .... absolutely stunning - I've got a horrible feeling however that your getting way too attached to Crays these days
Cheers Rob |
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colsel
Senior Member Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Location: Coffs Harbour Status: Offline Points: 578 |
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I recently felt motivated to revisit these Shrimps that Ollie did for me back in 2011 and this time hopefully do them a little more justice photographically wise.
As well, I've added in a photo of a matched colour set of three Shrimps that Ollie had crafted earlier the same year. These came in a spectacular circular display case made from Red Cedar and Rosewood which was turned by hand by Ollie's Dad. Regards, Col |
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ArdentAngler
Senior Member Joined: 21 Aug 2013 Location: usa,washington Status: Offline Points: 284 |
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Col, That is a beautiful set. Have you tried any of them yet?
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