Thin Fins

[Alpha Buck]

Looks like they are bringing them back.

http://www.rapala.ca/products/storm/images/tf06_pic2.jpg

[Ron Matthews]

Good idea, Bringin em back.. Just drives the collectors value up on the old colors.

Wish I had the catalog set:rolleyes:

[martin1950]

Wish I had the catalog set:rolleyes::evilsmile

What, No RT-29? I can see it now. New ThinFins-MADE IN CHINA:rant:

Martin

[ESOX]

I still have some Thin Fins hanging around from the mid-late 70's. They cast like a paper bag, but they were one of my two staples for fall walleye, the other being the origonal floating rapala.

[Ron Matthews]

I still have some Thin Fins hanging around from the mid-late 70's. They cast like a paper bag, .


:lol:
Ya, I'm sure the new Plastic body will help alot.
Rap makes good stuff. But if they follow the trend as w/tot's and warts There won't be many colors to pick from.

[ESOX]

If I recall correctly, the old Thin Fins were made by Storm. I think they say storm on the bottom.

[Ron Matthews]

Rapala did keep The "Storm" Line of lures as They purchased the company in 99, But there's Nothing Storm about these lures they are Rapalas.

I'm a tot junky, It's all New everything in the Newer Storm line up
thickness of materials, finishes, Hardware, hook hangers etc. Everythings changed.

I still prefer the old stuff myself. Ya, It was basically junk- But Damn do they catch fish. I like red label Tot's

Here's a good link- www.vintagestormlures.com (http://www.vintagestormlures.com) color charts on here.

[Oldgrandman]

The Brads Thinfish knock off isn't too bad. I liked the thin fins for eyes and spring brown trolling. They have that alewive type profile.

[pipthefisher]

yah man, i actually heard about these coming back, right after i bought basically a replica of them made by mister twister

[WALLEYEvision]

...Here's a good link- www.vintagestormlures.com (http://www.vintagestormlures.com) color charts on here.

Thanks for the like Ron! I have a few Thin Fins from all three catologs. :D

[Ron Matthews]

:rolleyes:
Carefull on that site, It got me in Lot's of trouble at home$$:coolgleam
Some serious collectors There in the N.W.

[slowpoke]

I have about 150 different Warts that Storm ( pre Rapala) made all new in the box. My Bro-n-law is a tot junky but is selling his collection out. I put my collection up for sell but with the economy the way it is I will not get the true value for it so I have put my collection for sell on hold. I fish with the tots for walleye a lot on the bay. I have quite a few pre Rapala tot's that I picked up to use for trading and fishing. The www.vintagestormlures.com sight is a good place to go for us Storm Junky's.

[Ron Matthews]

Hsp66- "blueberry muffin" In Package
Help??
I'd Pay Way to Much To secure it for my collection:help:

[slowpoke]

Hsp66- "blueberry muffin" In Package
Help??
I'd Pay Way to Much To secure it for my collection:help:

I don't have any but my bro-n-law might. He is selling out. I'll get back to you if he has any.

[Ron Matthews]

I don't have any but my bro-n-law might. He is selling out. I'll get back to you if he has any.

No He Doesn't;)

[slowpoke]

No He Doesn't;)

Guess you know Rick. He had a good collection and is selling them out. I had a list of the ones he had but don't have it anymore. I tried. The extra H Tot's I have are common. Sorry.

[TheUrbanMustache]

im glad they are bringing back the thin fins. a long time coming IMO. brad's does have some colors available, but what made storm lures was their ability to do custom runs of local specific colors, just for local demand. it was awesome back then. my dad was a huge walleye fisherman and loved his storm tots, thinfins, thinfin fatso's, short warts, etc. in as many color combos as you could think of. too bad the old school magnum size(3.75") thinfins aren't available yet.

plus my favorite color(dad's too) "silver scale" or the current version "silver shad" is there on the canadien site!!! looks like he'll be very suprised for his birthday this year. by far its one of those lures you can catch anything on. good deal!

anybody know why the thinfins are not on the US storm site or the US rapala site yet? cabelas has them in their online catalog already and BPS retail stores already have a few on the shelves. anybody have another source to purchase them?

thanks,

mark

[wartfroggy]

:evilsmile

What, No RT-29?
Martin

That was the first thing I noticed! No Red w/Black squiggles

[bombcast]

157 was the schizz. Still is- caught a couple 5# eyes on the bay way up high on it last summer.

Thinfins and Brad's Thinfish are my #1 "go to" for casting weedbeds after dark for eyes.

[Ron Matthews]

anybody know why the thinfins are not on the US storm site or the US rapala site yet?
thanks,

mark[/quote]

seen them in the new normark catalogs?

[T-Dogg81]

This is slightly off topic but it was a question I have had for a while now. How are Dave's Ka Boom baits as old Storm substitutes? I was hoping the 1/4oz Winnng Streak is similar to the old rattling Hot-N-Tot.

[TheUrbanMustache]

not the same action but close. also dave's baits loose their finish much faster than the old original storm's. rattle tots were a unique breed of lure in their hey-day.

[Ron Matthews]

Well, I have a bunch of Daves' stuff and ...well...I don't really like them.
Really loud rattles. And as Mark said, the finish? I grabbed a handfull of "goldfish" And some of the baits Lost the Finish off the lips Still In The Package. Couldn't believe it. Stuck them in my extras box and Oh, maybe two yrs. later I pulled some out and couldn't believe it! Not like they rattled around in a tackle box or anything, The package is perfect, But the finish is laying in the bottom of the package. Maybe I got lucky and grabbed the only ones that Have ever done that? Idk???:sad: I haven't got any since. I'll pay too much for the old storm stuff Myself.....

[STEINFISHSKI]

I'll have a few of the red squiggle 3/8 oz NIB for sale at the swap meet, what is the current going rate?

[Johnnydeerhunt]

I had the same experience with Dave's KaBoom. The Producers was a company that also made Hot-n-Tot knockoffs. The finish would crack and peel before you could get the lure out of the packaging. Cheap hooks too. Ran them in gold with a gold Hot-n-tot on the other side. Hot-n-tot beats them 20-0.

[tgafish]

I'll have a few of the red squiggle 3/8 oz NIB for sale at the swap meet, what is the current going rate?

$2 :D

If ya twist my arm I'll give ya $2.50.

[adjusted3]

I'll have a few of the red squiggle 3/8 oz NIB for sale at the swap meet, what is the current going rate?


Last one that a friend put on e-bay with the grean label went for about 12.00 and 3 for shipping. He has 4 doz of them and tested the market. We saw one on e-bay that the asking price was 75.00 and was not sold. He is holding them and will use them if if he cannot get $30.00 each.

Last ones that I bought I paid 7.50 each and bought a lot of 12. that was 2 years ago. the price has sky rocketed.


Mark

[Far Beyond Driven]

I'll have a 1/2 ounce red/black squiggles NIB at the swap meet as well. Found it mixed in with some Brad's at the tackle store and about fell over.