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 Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: bobcat4118]
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04/27/12 08:18 AM
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wow I don't see anybody use 'em anymore, I keep a sack of the Bass Pro brand of 5" grape/fire hook tail...and when times are tuff and I break one out if I have a partner they usually crack - "now that's Old School "...lol, but there are day's that the fish will eat 'em... This is one of very few baits that my ole man has thrown his entire life. When nobody else catches fish dad always will with this worm. +100! my 1st tackle box consisted of a handful of rusty true turn hooks, a couple worm weights and a bunch of fire tail worms, which were all "borrowed" from my pops!!!! It sounds like you had my old box.
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: Fishin Machine]
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04/27/12 11:52 AM
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Man you guys are bringing back memories of one of the first baits that I caught bass on. What is funny, the ole TX rigged plastic worm catches a lot of fish and I rarely have one rigged up. I'm supposed to fish a tournament in a place that I used to catch a fish on a plastic worm like we are discussing. I might just have to rig up one and see what happens. Luck E Strike site http://www.buehlersales.com/CURLTAIL-WORMS.html I ordered some of these firetails and a couple other colors from Walmart for $1.50 something a bag... gonna go old school and see how they do..
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Re: Purple firetail worms
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04/27/12 01:35 PM
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That was awsome fouz...thanks. +1 ....thanks for sharing
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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04/27/12 03:44 PM
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Wonder if it was the Mann's Manipulator? Hes fished with those and thats not them. Are you sure they are manns? only curl tail I remember them making is the augertail. Back in the 'ol days my husband and his friend, John, threw the Creme worms...have looked for the purple and firetail but could never find the "originals." yes I've heard that as well funny thing this past week on belton red hue worms were working in that clear water, go figure.
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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04/27/12 04:56 PM
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I started worm fishing in the late 60's with Creme Purple and Red tailed worms caught tons of bass on them, I can't tell you how many club tournaments etc that I have won on a grapeshad Culprit worm. Just a great color for most east Texas lakes.
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: Fishin Machine]
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04/27/12 05:04 PM
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Man you guys are bringing back memories of one of the first baits that I caught bass on. What is funny, the ole TX rigged plastic worm catches a lot of fish and I rarely have one rigged up. I'm supposed to fish a tournament in a place that I used to catch a fish on a plastic worm like we are discussing. I might just have to rig up one and see what happens. Luck E Strike site http://www.buehlersales.com/CURLTAIL-WORMS.html I ordered some of these firetails and a couple other colors from Walmart for $1.50 something a bag... gonna go old school and see how they do.. I grabbed a few bags too, they are a dark purple with a bright tail. Hopefully they will bring on the fishes.
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: Texasrig3006]
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04/27/12 05:08 PM
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I started worm fishing in the late 60's with Creme Purple and Red tailed worms caught tons of bass on them, I can't tell you how many club tournaments etc that I have won on a grapeshad Culprit worm. Just a great color for most east Texas lakes. The cremes can be ordered from their website.
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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04/28/12 01:16 PM
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It is the auger tail worm, I used them back In the day
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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04/28/12 01:19 PM
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They still sell them on manns website
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 Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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04/30/12 04:50 PM
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I used to find 7.5 culprits in grape/firetail, as well as grape/chartreuse tail. those were my go to worms when we were pond hopping. that was when I ran out of the old "fire n ice", however.
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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04/30/12 05:13 PM
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Man you guys are bringing back memories of one of the first baits that I caught bass on. What is funny, the ole TX rigged plastic worm catches a lot of fish and I rarely have one rigged up. I'm supposed to fish a tournament in a place that I used to catch a fish on a plastic worm like we are discussing. I might just have to rig up one and see what happens. Luck E Strike site http://www.buehlersales.com/CURLTAIL-WORMS.html I ordered some of these firetails and a couple other colors from Walmart for $1.50 something a bag... gonna go old school and see how they do.. I grabbed a few bags too, they are a dark purple with a bright tail. Hopefully they will bring on the fishes. I was in WalMart just messing around and saw Luck E Strike Kits that were very inexpensive....
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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05/01/12 01:28 AM
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One of the first worm bait I started throwing ,Dad used it for years .....nothing but Ole School . Good info thanks guys.
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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07/29/12 10:00 PM
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I have recently been using some old worms that I still had in some of my old tackle boxes. It's crazy catching foosh on some 20+ year old baits. Even pulled out the biggest largemouth I have caught out of a particular body of water with one.  I was searching online to see if they still sold some of them and one of the searches brought me to this thread. Good memories! 
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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07/29/12 10:21 PM
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Back in the day the only soft plastics I had in my box were Purple Fire Tail, Purple White Tail and 4in Lizzards, Black with yellow or white dots.
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Re: Purple firetail worms
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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07/30/12 12:46 AM
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I asked Galen Gilberth back in 1990 when he was guiding out of red wood lodge on falcon what color worms he used and he said any color would work as long as it was purple with a white tail. He ordered from Toledo tackle by the hundreds.
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