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Post by nathanha on Feb 24, 2011 16:31:13 GMT -4
I recently purchased some GFR shad raps from ebay. I wanted to know when they stopped making them? Could sellers be getting them from Canada or someplace? Anyway to spot a fake like would vmc hooks be used? The photos seem to match with those posted by members of this board.
Sorry for all the questions.
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Post by jmcfish10101973 on Feb 24, 2011 17:24:30 GMT -4
i think some people have a stock pill of older rapala's.i was at a sport shop last week and they cd-11's in clown,vampire,smn for 5.00 each so i got all of them thier where 5 of each.i myself have a big stock pill of older rapala's when i see and buy them for a rainy day.and some people have wholesalers that are helping them get old and rare ones.i think they do not make them any more but not 100 % sure.so if you are out shopping and if you see older rapala's get all of them if you can john.
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Post by Fishooked on Feb 24, 2011 23:58:59 GMT -4
I recently purchased some GFR shad raps from ebay. I wanted to know when they stopped making them? Could sellers be getting them from Canada or someplace? Anyway to spot a fake like would vmc hooks be used? The photos seem to match with those posted by members of this board. Sorry for all the questions. Hello, The GFR (as well as the PW) Shad Raps seem to only be produced or available for certain northern markets, mainly Canada but I have seen or heard of many Nothern US States carrying them online or in retail stores - mainly in places like WI, MI, MN, etc. I don't believe they have stopped making them as I believe they can still be purchased, and they do have the never hang tag on them. |
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Post by bacon on Feb 25, 2011 8:51:36 GMT -4
right on ted, however, having been all over mn and wi, finding them in bait shops is rare, and usually a $2-3 premium over the regular shad raps. recently one of my big wholesalers clearer out a couple of thousand of each SR5 and 7's in GFR, cheap too, so dont be surprised when a ton of them show up on the internet over then next few months. there not knock-offs, there the real deal, just a big clearance sale going on is all.
bacon
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Post by nathanha on Feb 25, 2011 9:20:48 GMT -4
Wow thank you for all the great information guys. I cannot say enough about this site and its members. I'm not a collector but find have turned into one when I lose something I fish with and then they dont make it anymore or if it becomes hard to find.
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