Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: halcyonguitars on February 19, 2018, 11:36:15 PM
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Big, heavy, pearshaped, about 2" long, 1/8" thick, beaten gold/copper with a dusting of bluish reflective powdercoat. Of noticeably better quality than the average piece of kit.
Problem is, I lost both of mine but don't remember where I got them. The quality made me think they were Bent Rods but such is not the case.
Anyone have any idea what in talking about and where they may have come from?
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Possibly?
https://www.randblures.com/collections/r-b-hammered-wiggle-spoons/products/r-b-hammered-candy-blue-wiggle-spoon
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Similar to this, but with blue and yellow on the top and bottom?
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31Teib4Rh1L.jpg)
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Those are kind of close, but not quite. It was definitely a beaten brass/copper color, the blue was just a dusting of the UV powder coat. It had a more pronounced skinny to fat pear shape...
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Those r&b ones look really close aside from the color. I may be misremembering the pear shape...
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I think the copper wiggle spoon may have been it, thanks! Sold out, of course...
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Those r&b ones look really close aside from the color. I may be misremembering the pear shape...
Trophy tackle is the distributor of R&B spoons in Canada. Check out his website: https://www.trophytackle.ca/
They have quite a wide array of colours to choose from typically. IMO they are the best spoons on the market as far as price/colour schemes and components. The paint also lasts much longer and chips less than other comparable spoons. They are definitely worth trying out.
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^^^^ this.
Try some of the silver and brass 50:50 R&B's. They are not painted so nothing to chip, they just get a little duller after you beat them across the rocks a few hundred times. They work well for bulls, coho and steel.
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this past season small gold r&b spoons were dynamite for coho, super slow retrieve!
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The one I'm looking for was big and heavy, nearly double mass of your ~2" croc, so it got down right deep in faster flows.
I just really want replacements cause I actually caught fish with it, lol...
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I just really want replacements cause I actually caught fish with it, lol...
Don't get too caught up in finding the "exact replacement". More often than not it may just well be the perfect weight of the lure on that particular water condition.
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The one I'm looking for was big and heavy, nearly double mass of your ~2" croc, so it got down right deep in faster flows.
I just really want replacements cause I actually caught fish with it, lol...
One of the reasons I like the 50:50 spoons is that they are not too long (~2 inches), have a good action (wobble) and you can get them in a heavy thick gauge at 2/3 oz, which are easy to swing close to the bottom even on faster/deeper flows. Give um a try, I think you'll like them.
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Anyone ever use or regard the KOHO sun & sea pattern as any good...it looks appealing to me with that blue and yellow stripe between the silver...
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Anyone ever use or regard the KOHO sun & sea pattern as any good...it looks appealing to me with that blue and yellow stripe between the silver...
I’ve used that spoon on the Squamish in the past. Caught many Coho with it.
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Yep, the weight was a big factor that I liked about this spoon. I could feel it going deep which was what I needed...
Plus, I tend to developed a fondness for anything that I actually catch a fish on, and I got a lot of strikes on these ones. it's hard not to develope superstitions, lol!
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I’ve used that spoon on the Squamish in the past. Caught many Coho with it.
If you can find them, specifically in the 45, they are probably one of the best spoons you could ever use. Similar in weight to 2/3 oz R&B (slightly lighter) and similar motion. I know one chap who uses nothing else on the Bulkely and Morice and is disappointed if he does not go double digest on Steel in the early autumn. Catches lots of Coho on it in the Squamish system also.