So, you think you know needles?
 

Who made these classics?

I am giving these to DZ for his needle collection...we were talking and he seemed excited to know I had a few left. They were in one of my backup storage tubs that I have not opened in a long time.

So .... who made these plugs? I will give you a hint if you want.

My guess is Arnold Spofford!;)

Are those boone, or boon, something like that? Just a guess

they look really old

Almost as old as Flap:laughs:

I actually have the green one on top, but I'll be damned if I can remember who made it :confused:

It's not a Boone or a Spofford.

very similar to the original gibbs. maybe a pichney?

You guys are making me feel old.

You probably have never heard of him. But if you look thru your old "NE fisherman" mags (80-82) and Tim Colemans old striper books he makes mention of him (TC fished with him a lot at BI)

Hints

They were made in 1980 or 81


last hint...
a "quiet" guy from SE CT area

this is buggin me now. i have read Coleman's books a bunch of times, but don't remember the builder though. got any more? my needlefish collection is missing one those no matter who they are! ;)

Silent George

BINGO!! You know your needles. wayto go JKRock!

they were called "the silent sand eel"

shhhhhhh george

how'd I miss this thred:confused:
Dang I got to take the camera in the cave
I got needles from the 70's:D

I have one :)

Going to do a "Needlefish History" presentation on January 20th in Newport. Will be open to all interested fishermen. Stay tuned for details. Special thanks to Sandman for providing more info for my presentation.

DZ

Not Bob Hahn ??? he make a needle ?:confused:

i have some gags needles wood ones in the pacjkage.i have hahn needles also.My friend turned them in the seventy's on a giant metal lathe.some would just get the flame treatment very deadly.

Gags is going to surprise us all again this spring with the re-issue of some old wooden lures, They are long and thin and stripers love them. Bliz it looks like he changed his mind!:D

Flap, got a couple for you.. Cape needle lore... ever here of the "Need-Eel", or the Nauset Needle? both circa 60's...The first one I think actually was sold, the other was homemade, and copied by those that could... I've been pickin some of the old-timers brains on needles, they remember versions of them in the 50's, used with success especially near the "old" Chatham inlet.

who made these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...116288724&rd=1

Looks like Bob Hahn to me

forgot the picture

Ya Mac,i think your right.The yellow one is defenitely a Hahn color.

eastmans use to have a wall of hans, i have the same needle hanging up.
we use to split his lures open on rocks:D but it was a change from the gibbs so they was nice to have, the cedar ones that is
Karl I got some old cape needles here:D

Found this one in the wash this year? The eyes appear to be glass or some type of sequin (pin hole in the middle). On the nose, paint was green on top and red on the bottom. Can you tell if this is a custom or factory producecd? Just curious.

Oops - Is that a MurEel in the background :cool:

So for those plugs would 44.00 be worth it. The winning bid was high.

I am going to say yes because VB knows his stuff.........
either that or they were something that was missing in his enormous collection.......:cool:

$20 a piece for those? easily worth it if you don't have any in your collection like me. friggin' VB..... :smash:

Karl you got me on those. Are you sure it wasn't called the "needle-eel" I remember hearing something about those but could be what you mentioned. I remember showing that little red head six inch needle to a couple guys I knew one night at the Old Bass Run tackle shop. One was a guy who had a Jeep Grand Wagoneer ( what we referred to as a Cape Cod Cadillac as anybody who was well heeled in those days on Cape drove one) who used to fish Nauset with his son alot. He was a native and he hung out at Tony C's shop when he first opened it. The guy hung a lot of nice fish off Bass Run's outside rack. I remember him mentioning a "needle-eel" when I showed him the plug.

worth every cent :)
Toby, what do you want ? I still owe you
VB