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Originally Posted by Nebe
I bought some hog hunters that ended up being fakes. They worked pretty good though 
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I got all of mine from the Big Man himself, but really---why would anyone bother making fakes? They were great fish catchers, but aesthetically, they weren't very pleasing to the eyes. He'd probably be flattered that anyone went through the trouble of copying them.
He was legally blind, and hand-cut every single one of them. No duplicator. No two were ever exactly alike. I knew the guy for over 20 years, and helped him rig hundreds of plugs, and even I couldn't tell a fake from an original.
He deliberately mis-weighted some so they'd come in on their sides, thinking they would better imitate a wounded baitfish. And you know what? He was right.