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Richo Lures
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Ken Richardson
My friend Ken who hails from Yeppoon in sunny CQ has kindly provided some
lures over the years to me to give away as prizes to encourage kids and
fishing. A kind and thoughtful act to help kids develop the love of lure
fishing.
His lures for sale are wooden and made from white beech but he does make
flies and spinner-baits for personal use.
Like many of us, Ken is happy to chat and share his experiences in lure
making and has even crafted a few one-off Saratoga flies and spinner baits
for my use.
Ken originally came from Roma SW Qld and thence has a strong freshwater
background remembering using suitable tree branches as rods before he moved
to Bamboo, some time ago now!
His first lure was a Macrame bead lure with single treble lure for Bass.
Once a great fan of ABU , especially the thumb-bar models of the 70's. which
incidentally are some of my favourites, he has now shifted allegiances away
from the Asian made PF product. I have put him in touch with
Jay Parker, reel builder extraordinaire , for a "decent" custom
Ambassaeur.
His lures are available in a few outlets around Australia, viz Barra Jack's,
Bluefin Sports in Rockhampton and The Lure Shop in Cooktown as well as
Darwin but at present not sold from home.
Here we see the Herring in 3 different stages
Dip sealing one of my lures for me!
A range of Extractor blanks as supplied to Rocky Barra Bounty Competition in
Fitzroy River.
Extractors at painting stage
Proof of the pudding so to speak, well used Richo lures!
Proof also that few lures/braid stand up to a 1.5m Barra
His range of lure include the
Extractor 90, 110, 140mm (depth 2/3/5 m+)
Sardine 90 mm
Little Terror 70 mm
Herring 65mm
Colour charts of available colours
Hope you have enjoyed reading of a local manufacturer with lures which
produce the goods!
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