[James Laraway]

a blast from the past for anyone who has fished for sea trout in the ythan or don...

[Hamish Young]

Collectable, keep them 

[James Laraway]

When I first moved back to Aberdeen I remember buying one in Somers. I lost it after quite a few fish. The ones I have now are unused bar one and shall remain that way unless I find a river with no snags what so ever!

Collectable, keep them 

[Rob Brownfield]

Collectable, keep them 

Usable...fish them !

[Steven Sinclair]

I'd add some feathers down the flanks (the way Ronnie Sutherland used to on his own lures) and fish them 

Still on the lookout for mine. They are in the garage somewhere...

 

Steven.

[James Laraway]

I didnt know he added feathers - interesting !

I wish someone made them these days....business opportunity for someone !

I'd add some feathers down the flanks (the way Ronnie Sutherland used to on his own lures) and fish them 

Still on the lookout for mine. They are in the garage somewhere...

 

Steven.

[Hamish Young]

I wish someone made them these days....business opportunity for someone !

I did have contact details for some of the family but lost them and the last email address I had isn't live any more, I have considered the idea several times as I liked the lures. I was even more tempted when I found a suitable 'wing' substitute - which was the problem with most Sutherland Specials that ended up in the bin... broken plastic 'wings'.
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[Graham Nicol]

Not only are these good for sea trout but it was my number 1 lure for salmon on the Don and extremely effective

[James Laraway]

I was thinking 3D printing...


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 I did have contact details for some of the family but lost them and the last email address I had isn't live any more, I have considered the idea several times as I liked the lures. I was even more tempted when I found a suitable 'wing' substitute - which was the problem with most Sutherland Specials that ended up in the bin... broken plastic 'wings'.
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[Cameron deBoth]

I was thinking 3D printing...

An easy thing to do! I can model them in 3D if required.

[James Laraway]

An easy thing to do! I can model them in 3D if required.

Hi Cameron
that is an amazing offer.

Now, the original is a heavy metallic body and then the fins are added after. With a hole down the middle

However I am not trying to recreate the original. If we could create a plastic 'all in one' and then insert a tube down the middle i reccon that it would work. ( if extra weight was required then you could fish one with a weight up the line)


I'm willing to give it a go if you are ?

regards
James


Let

[Cameron deBoth]

Here is a VERY crude and quick model I just whipped up as an example.

[James Laraway]

Here is a VERY crude and quick model I just whipped up as an example.

nice - would you like me to send you a real one so that you have have a look, measure etc ?

if so please send me a PM with you addess.

they are rather rare as they have not been produced for years so i will need it back through ;-)

The Brit. Patent number is 793370 but I'm sure it will have expired so we wont be breaking the law  ( patents run out after 20 years)

[James Laraway]

[Sandy Nelson]

It’ll be very interesting to see how this works out.
I have a feeling the distinct V in the front vane on the original had a big effect in the action as well,

Sandy