Classic tackle

[Bluebulldog]

Tackle box is full of oldies. Mostly passed down from dad.

jitterbugs, green and the one that is like grey and white leopard. Beno ( green with yellow belly), daredevle spoons, Hula Popper ( yellow), and an Heddon "Meadow Mouse", all well used, and still produce.

Then again, my son has just been introduced to fishing, and we do pretty darn well on a hook with worm, split shot, and a bobber too.

[Rapalamaster]

Just to add a few that haven't been mentioned the Worden rooster tail was great growing up and the Rebel Crawfish (crayfish) still catches me fish.

I like the classics like original floating rapalas, shad raps in the classic colours (black/silver,black/gold,blue/silver,perch etc though the orange/gold original floating is probably my all time best lure.)

[longsaultduck]

Ah, this brings back fond memories of watching my grandfather catch smallmouth after smallmouth on the St. Lawrence, with his lure of preference being a spinner called a "Shyster". Anyone remember those? I still have the remnants of his tackle box, including an orange Beno and a couple of venerable June Bug spinners.

When I was ten, I believed that a Mepps Black Fury tipped with a piece of crawler could catch anything. Part of me still believes this...

[toronto_guy]

Not sure about others but I found the older lures hard to case. I get much more distance with the new stuff, but maybe it's the new braid line or maybe because I was much worse way back when. They should bring out the Moss Boss again though - frogs are expensive and those things worked!

[Legend Boats]

REPLY: Sometimes classic tackle is all you can catch them on. I’ve seen Mepps, Original Rapala, Hula Poppers and Spinner baits still catching fish in this modern day world. Like anything, the principle is the same but the designs and action is what lure companies are really interested in. Lead core line is still used till this day but reels and rods have changed for the better.
Henry Nguyen

[oldbill]

I didn't know that Mepps were considered old lures. They are what I learned to fish with when I passed the worm and bobber stage. Spin casting for trout with Grandpa and my brother in a little stocked pond. I fly fish mostly now, but I have a light weight spin caster set up and a half dozen little spinners for it. Nothing to fancy but it catches fish.

[GT_Hawk]

ya old thread but doing looking. But in Newfoundland where i grew up it was mainly worms for trout. Started back into fishing here in Ontario last year or so and head spinning form the options i never even knew existed when i grew up.

But hey I did have 2 things i used. First was some red devil spoons.they worked for flat fish we could get.

Second was something like link below, basic spinner, no hooks or colors, nothing. And still using them now with single hook and work. Pike seam to like this setup
http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/lu...l#.VzpHKhUWXDc

[Badbuzz]

I love the classic lures. I have a few in my tackle box that I use from time to time as well. The only problem I find is the fact that I don't want to loose them. I am stuck somewhere in nostalgia-ville with using a "standby classic" that usually always catches something.. That I may have to come to the realization that they don't make em anymore and I just lost my last one. This is especially true if they hold some special place in my heart for them.

I still have a few moss boss's (though have changed the skirt several times on them. They work great, but would not be upset if I lost them as there are newer types of lures I find work just as good even better. They were one of the "original" weedless top-waters out there. Simple design, to which other companies have expanded upon.

W.

[KMan]

The first lure I caught fish on was Rebel crank bait, bass pattern. Ran out of worms at the cottage and my dad convinced me to try it. I was about 9. We caught a bunch of nice bass and I was hooked.