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Old 01-27-2011, 12:01 PM   #1
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Old plugs ?

the POPPER is 4.1/4 long this one look just dirty, havent cleaned it just hung it.
the SWIMMER body is 5.1/4 long with lip is 5.1/2 the brown on the side is CARDBOARD looks like from a box it's stuck on.
are they GIBBS ?
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Old 01-27-2011, 12:27 PM   #2
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These are plastic, correct? If so, I'd say that they're Atoms.

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Old 01-27-2011, 01:14 PM   #3
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The bottle plug is a newer style made by Greg Metcalf after he destroyed the old mold of the older Atom plugs made by Bob Pond.They work OK but aren't even close to as effective as the older poppers.They are still made and came out if I recall right in the later 90,s. The swimmer looks like an Atom 60. Called the Junior.Great swimmers and come in sinking and floating models and were made up through the 80's. Swim real nice. Loads of them around still. the older ones of that model have very defined color lines and are a bit heavier than the newer models. Ron
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Old 01-29-2011, 10:36 AM   #4
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fishbones, yes Plastic.

stripermaineiac, thank you for the info an history on them. Ive seen the ones your talking about
with very defined color lines. thanks again.

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Old 01-29-2011, 07:19 PM   #5
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Any time saltydog. I use the Atoms as much as I do my own. It's what prompted me to start building my own.
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Old 01-30-2011, 08:15 PM   #6
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When did Atom stop making the plugs from the harder plastic? Thanks...
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