Cordell Big-o's.  I think that I am the only one that still fishes with them sometimes.

I have a couple of wooden ones from before CC, which I don't throw, but I'm sure they'd outcatch most of my "modern" squarebills. The plastic ones do just fine. Each one has its own rhythm though (not a bad thing)

Devil's Horse

 

 

 

 

How about the Rapala Floating Minnow? Some might still be kicking around tackleboxes, but I think most have been replaced by other topwaters and/or ripbaits. I remember casting a huge (#13???) Rapala Floating Minnow and twitching it on the surface for mid summer bass. Killer Technique..... I think I need to go shopping now....

Devil's Horse

 

 

 

 

Which one?

Buck n brawl, PA-Scooter, etc. Devil Horse top water lures came with no spinners, 1 rear spinner, front and back spinners, a deep diver Digger and a lipless Water Gator.

The Buck N Brawl is still good, need to change the hooks on vintage wooden lures, if you fish them.

Tom

 

I always wondered why the Helen's flatfish went out of favor......I used them all the time in the 60's and still do.

 

 

If you were as old as me you would know it was Helins flatfish. You spelled it the feminine way. I use to catch largemouth, crappie & walleye on those flatfish when I was just a kid fishing out a rowboat.  

Oldfarts

Alright, here we go.... Johnson's Silver Minnow weedless spoon. Yeah and throw a Uncle Josh white 3" Ripple Rind on the back of it as a trailer.

 

 

 

 

 

Alright, here we go.... Johnson's Silver Minnow weedless spoon.

Yup, got at least one left and haven't thrown it in a while.

I use it on the middle arm of some of my Alabama Rigs.

 

 

 

 

I still use inline spinners

Stream smallies still love them yet only trout guys seem to throw them

I use it on the middle arm of some of my Alabama Rigs.

 

 

 

 

 

Really Kent?  Would have never thought of that app. Good one!

How about the Rapala Floating Minnow? Some might still be kicking around tackleboxes, but I think most have been replaced by other topwaters and/or ripbaits. I remember casting a huge (#13???) Rapala Floating Minnow and twitching it on the surface for mid summer bass. Killer Technique..... I think I need to go shopping now....

 

No doubt they've been replaced in many tackleboxes (and I'll be happy to take any that anyone is getting rid of) but I have at least 5 in my regular tacklebox and 6 or 7 in my small bait backpack.  Their newness has worn off for those who ride the latest craze train but I'd feel completely lost without them.

 

I don't care quite as much for the jointed variety as the old original ones.  How about you?

No doubt they've been replaced in many tackleboxes (and I'll be happy to take any that anyone is getting rid of) but I have at least 5 in my regular tacklebox and 6 or 7 in my small bait backpack.  Their newness has worn off for those who ride the latest craze train but I'd feel completely lost without them.

 

I don't care quite as much for the jointed variety as the old original ones.  How about you?

 

 

I like the straight models for twitching or as subtle jerk bait. The jointed or broken back models can be killers with a stop & go retrieve or steady retrieve. So I like them both. 

If you were as old as me you would know it was Helins flatfish. You spelled it the feminine way. I use to catch largemouth, crappie & walleye on those flatfish when I was just a kid fishing out a rowboat.

I used them as a kid quite a bit. That 2" model sure will catch some numbers. I equipped my 7 year old with one and he does pretty dang good on it pond hopping with me in a jihn boat. I Checked the website and they make some neat color patterns these days.

Alright, here we go.... Johnson's Silver Minnow weedless spoon. Yeah and throw a Uncle Josh white 3" Ripple Rind on the back of it as a trailer.

 

 

 

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It's still my #1 bait for northern pike. For me, pork kills the action of the spoon. A 3 or 4 inch plastic twister tail on the back of a silver or gold Silver Minnow has got me thousands of pike over the years.

How about the Rapala Floating Minnow? Some might still be kicking around tackleboxes, but I think most have been replaced by other topwaters and/or ripbaits. I remember casting a huge (#13???) Rapala Floating Minnow and twitching it on the surface for mid summer bass. Killer Technique..... I think I need to go shopping now....

 

The #9 black and silver jointed Rapala.  I still throw it but it seems that nobody else does.  Has always been killer and always will be.

It's still my #1 bait for northern pike. For me, pork kills the action of the spoon. A 3 or 4 inch plastic twister tail on the back of a silver or gold Silver Minnow has got me thousands of pike over the years.

 

 

Another great one.  I like to take a white twister tail grub and bite off the top half of the grub part and put it on so that the tail is at the curve in the hook.  The action you get out of the thing with a grub tail on it is amazing.