Thread: Pre tied spider rigs

Your right Quacker. I had forgotten that. It seems that some of them also had a little red bead now that I think about it.

They did that for a fact. My dad used to take them off of that cardboard tube (cardboard and water never mixes well) and wrap them around a forked limb about 6-8" long and 1/4" diameter.

wow,, I can remember buying those things a dozen at a time at the old Doug's tackle shop (Ky Dam one stop now). You are right, the little cardboard tube didn't mix well with water, but I generally lost em so fast that the cardboard didn't have time to get wet. lol.

Yes, they had spinners and beads and it seems the hooks were Gold.. These days I stay away from Gold hooks. go figure.

I use grizzly rigs now. Same as the old Kentucky rig, just has feathers tied to the hooks.. They catch fish.

Any west KY guys remember Dutch Owens? He was selling those pre-tied KY rigs in the 60s when my Dad ran Port Ken Bar (now Green Turtle Bay) on Barkley. Dutch was WAY ahead of his time. He also made and sold slab spoons and a trolling lure that was made of steel and was murder on stripes, sauger and bass. This was in the days of the Lowrance green box depth finders. Barkley was just a couple of years old.

Man, I must be getting old!!??

Originally Posted by mrdux

Any west KY guys remember Dutch Owens? He was selling those pre-tied KY rigs in the 60s when my Dad ran Port Ken Bar (now Green Turtle Bay) on Barkley. Dutch was WAY ahead of his time. He also made and sold slab spoons and a trolling lure that was made of steel and was murder on stripes, sauger and bass. This was in the days of the Lowrance green box depth finders. Barkley was just a couple of years old.

Man, I must be getting old!!??

I've heard the name.. I worked at Port Ken Bar at the restaurant in 74.

We actually dove into the lake from the concrete shell of the restaurant. Nearly killed myself doing a back buster and gave it up. We were there in 67-69. I was over there back in the winter and was amazed how much it has changed over the years. Back then we only had 2 covered slips, one for houseboats/cruisers and one for smaller boats. I filleted bass with a knife for a dime per fish for customers in those days. I cleaned enough bass in those days to make wiskers envious.

Originally Posted by mrdux

We actually dove into the lake from the concrete shell of the restaurant. Nearly killed myself doing a back buster and gave it up. We were there in 67-69. I was over there back in the winter and was amazed how much it has changed over the years. Back then we only had 2 covered slips, one for houseboats/cruisers and one for smaller boats. I filleted bass with a knife for a dime per fish for customers in those days. I cleaned enough bass in those days to make wiskers envious.

Dang, that's a tall dive.

I was at the restaturant the morning that the big cabin cruiser blew up at the gas dock.. Man, that was a mess. Took out all the windows in the restaurant. Killed one as I remember (on the boat). Could have been much, much worse.

BnM is selling pretied Capps & Coleman rigs. They look real good, but they too are a bit over priced. Then come in a nice holder though.