A bit of background first:

Back in the mid-1980s when I first started fishing I essentially inherited my grandfather's tackle box. A lot of old stuff in there as he fished during the 1960s and 1970s. Anyhow, I kept most of the stuff because it was my grandfather's including stuff I never used.

Today I decided to give it one final cleaning out -- there were rusty hooks and tools -- and I came across a bag of small plastics. In them were several curly tale red worms. On the curly tale it said REBEL while on one of the segments on one side it said "Slim" while on the other side it said "Jim".

I did a search on the web but nothing came up. Anyone know anything about these plastics outside of the obvious?

Maybe this guy can be of assistance:

http://www.joeyates.com/rarest.htm

Let us know what you find out, if anything.

I know Zell Rowland loves the Rebel brand of hard baits but I don't ever remember a plastic from Rebel.

Good luck.

As I recall - late 70's to early 80's Rebel had a limited line of plastics. I remember 4 and 6 inch ring worms with a little curly tail. I didn't fish soft plastic very much then, my bait of choice was a pork frog, basically because it lasted until you lost it.

That about describes what it is -- a four inch worm with a little curly tale and the time line is right. I'll post a picture of it perhaps.