Bing! History time. It was Stan himself. He wanted something that would move a little more on the surface on a running tide (especially minus tide days when the wa-wa really goes up to 5 knots) it had to plane up quickly ( which his pencil popper won't do) and cast a bit further ( the special weighs 3-1/2 oz as opposed to the reg. pp at 2-3/4) it has the same arse weight as the 3-1/2 oz Polaris ( so does the 2-1/4 0z polaris and thats why that size sucks for the canal in my humble opinion) He started making those in the early 70's. His son John and he experimented with dfferent sizes ( John used a slightly shorter and stubbier version) but commercially only the 3-1/2 oz is and was available.
A lot of big bass fell to them. My good friend Stiff-tip has a 54-1/2 pounder on a yellow scale CC Special taken in September 1989 at pole 155. I was given that plug for my collection, signed by him with the date he caught it and poundage. ( it was my plug and he stole it from me one morning while casting to breaking bass at Playland so he felt after he caught that fish he had to give it back)
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