Hi! Gents,
Just to refine the information regarding The Sutherland Special.
My older brother, Ronnie Sutherland, inventor/designer, sole manufacturer and patentee of The SS, was an engineer in Grandholm Mills all his life.
The design was adapted from an earlier version of a sand eel, also invented by my brother Ronnie.
He insists that he is very much alive, was never called John, nor did he live in the Deveron area.
While Ron hasn't produced an SS for some time, I know that he hasn't abandoned the idea of manufacturing them again.
His telephone number is still the same as it is on the information slips supplied with each lure, should you wish to contact him.
Hope this is helpful,
Best wishes and tight lines
Raymond Sutherland