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CaptainCranky
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Posted: 08 Oct 2010 at 1:12pm |
20 to 30 years ago this was a very good lure for Tigerfish.Most probably they are still catching them on these type of lure.
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Pilly
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Nice lure Barry
You would have to use lures made out of steel just to handle the strikes from those massive teeth.
Hate to think what they would do to a timber lure.
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Adrian
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Tony
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Such fierce looking fish aren't they!
Those old Zambezi Lures are a very interesting lure Barry, thanks for sharing the photo's and history |
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tooch
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Hi Guys, Imagine getting bitten on the leg by those big choppers........Pete.
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horrorhead
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Had a 2 kg tailor bite my big toe while surf fishing one morning - blood spurted out everywhere. At least I kept that toe but not with those daggers on a tigerfish.
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p.j.
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Wondered if those Spoons were made fore something else to begin with. You have holes in both ends, but the hook are mounted in the smaler front end. Just a thought
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bassnbob
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NICE CHOPPERS there captainREGARDS BOB
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redtag
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I've seen a photo of the Zambezi lure carrying the big single plus a treble ringed in to the hole at the wide end. The spoons (made on the "fly spoon" principle) were apparently 4" - 6" long!
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John Milford
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I believe these spoons originated from the former Salisbury, Rhodesia (Now Harare, Zimbabwe).
I think the main purpose of the second hole was so that the large flying single could be lightly wired into an in-line position, but could then break away once a tiger was hooked, so it couldn't use the spoon body for leverage. This same kind of break-away rigging was used on many Salmon and Mahseer spoons too. |
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