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 The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 02:07 AM
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fouzman
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Was looking through old videos and ran xcross a good one. I watched the show when it originally aired and immediately began looking for this wonder lure. Unlike most, I actually smoked the bed fish on my pack of white helicopters, but never re-ordered due to cost. I was poor at the time.  Anyway, enjoy this look back into bass fishing history. Lake Baccarac in its heyday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQX5veoq9jc FF to 5:20 for the WOW!
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 02:12 AM
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GIG'EM AGGIES
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I saw this when it first aired but didn't drink the kool aid. Never been a fan of Roland, he was always trying to blow smoke up peoples a$$eS.
I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50 years later. I get an allowance every month. I have PU truck and a bass boat, I am blessed.
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 03:08 AM
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mudd
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Those baits really worked well in creek fishing lol
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 03:14 AM
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I didn't ever try these, but I did bite on the "Flying Lure"....which produced 2 over 7 and several bed fish over 5 on The Fork one year, I think it was either '91 or '92  Thanks for posting, Fouz...and for the reminder that I'm aging...
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 03:18 AM
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I saw this when it first aired but didn't drink the kool aid. Never been a fan of Roland, he was always trying to blow smoke up peoples a$$eS. Roland was about the worst for the low-level absolute JUNK he would rave about in endorsements that should have been embarrassing, but weren't - to him at least.
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 03:41 AM
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fouzman
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Roland has always been a promoter. Obnoxiously so at times. But he lives, breathes, eats and sleeps fishing. Even today in his mid 70's, the man is obsessed with everything fishing. Particularly the competitive aspects.
A bit of trivia for those who don't know. Who introduced the tungsten-nickel worm weight to the world? Roland. Who came up with the metallurgical formula, design and production of that weight?
Mark Pack.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 03:42 AM
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Kay Dyson
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 03:58 AM
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Roland has always been a promoter. Obnoxiously so at times. But he lives, breathes, eats and sleeps fishing. Even today in his mid 70's, the man is obsessed with everything fishing. Particularly the competitive aspects.
A bit of trivia for those who don't know. Who introduced the tungsten-nickel worm weight to the world? Roland. Who came up with the metallurgical formula, design and production of that weight?
Mark Pack. I remember going to Lake Fork Tackle and the guy behind the counter would be putting plastic inserts in the weights. I didn't know Mark invented them. Thanks Fouz 
Formerly H2ODawg
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 04:12 AM
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That video was great! Had never seen it.
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 01:28 PM
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I caught quite a few bass on the banjo minnow when I was a kid.
"Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley." -A.L. www.LunkerLore.com
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 01:31 PM
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I think I still have the helicopter lure box in my garage somewhere. And the wife says I never throw anything away. Huh!
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 01:59 PM
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This is a box my friend gave me a few years ago. 
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 02:14 PM
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I miss the Nashville Network. They had most of the fishing programs & a lot of hot rod automotive shows on the weekends.
He called them the screw worm, so are they another name for the helicopter lure?
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Re: The Introduction of the "Helicopter Lure"
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01/20/18 05:29 PM
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Yep - got some helicopter lure's in the garage in the original package. For sale to the highest bidder.
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