new TT blades

[thousandyards]

so my brother got his dream job working for TT in their manufacturing.......lucky bugger......and passed on some news i thought i'd share

TT's bringing out new polycarbonate blades which are apparently pretty sweet. my bro had a couple of prototypes which are now fish jewellery which i guess is a good sign......

anyway, they should be out soon - just thought i'd pass on the info and let people know...

[nadders]

any idea on the sink rates etc or any more info mate? sounds fun

cheers,

Dan

[Do$tylz]

ooh... mates rates?? or any sneaky pics?? you can't just post that up and leave us hanging

[thousandyards]

they were fish jewellery before i even got a look at them!!! blame the fish at noosa....

i'll hit my bro up on the weekend and ask him about them......

it's kind of handy having an inside source though......will be sure to keep everyone up to date

[chris_stewart14]

I have acouple of the prototypes at home.. Will post up pics after work..

Have only tried the stock standard 1/8's but seem pretty good.. Have given them a swim afew times and usual TT results.. Plenty of the usual suspects.

Chris

[chris_stewart14]

Sink rate is very similar, more vibration..

[Do$tylz]

c'mon then Chris... post them up

[chris_stewart14]

Haha - no dramas dude.. I will after work.

I promise I wont do a jigman and forget how to work my camera and the uploader

[tomca]

chris_stewart14 wrote:

I promise I wont do a jigman and forget how to work my camera and the uploader

Bahaha, poor bloke, only was on the site a couple of weeks and people still taking the piss :laugh:

Love my blades, looking forward to this development

[Do$tylz]

^^ hahaha... he could turn into a classic... like the cobia at Indro... jeez that one will never leave.... don't think me or Ellicat would ever let that one go

[fishyman]

prototypes been floating around for several months now,

ive had a few and lost a few

they work

[rayke1938]

Where is Dec?

Common mate giveus the spiel.

Cheers

Ray

[Dec]

They are an awesome lure, look great, more viabration and catch lots of fish. They are a bit lighter than the brass blade ones which I think is better. But they are only prodotypes and are still having work done on them.

[rayke1938]

Give us the heads up when you have sore fingers from getting them ready for release.

Cheers

Ray

[DES]

I have seen Jigman still spinning his tales on other sites. :laugh: Is there anything that man hasn't caught?

Read in B&B that Darren Borg used these blades in one of the kayak bream rounds to good effect. I am looking forward to seeing the pics, new fish candy is always good :woohoo:

[chris_stewart14]

Wa-la...

[rayke1938]

Purple for me.But then again red head?

Thanks for piccies Chris.

Cheers

Ray

[fishyman]

i had the purple one in the pic,

dizzy and a few of my mates had some more colors.

they look the goods

[Cowfish13]

Thanks heaps for the photos Chris.

They look pretty decent. Any major difference when compared to the standard metal switchblades? They look like they'd sink a little slower?

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice .

maybe some1 here will know .

how are these made .

molten steel /brass and poured in a mold ?

or are the pressed /punched then the thick parts added on ?

[DES]

Look good. Any idea if they will be available in the larger sizes?

[bigtez]

brisbane_boy wrote:

This is in no way a criticism especially after all the robzam crazyness, but there is another maker called koolabung which had the same polycarb material in blades, i thought it was a pretty neat idea, nuckle actually got a good threddy on one of those.

There was a few tackle box divider and split shot versions floating around as well. Most of the stuff that is 'new' these days has been done before in some way or another.

At one of the Bass comps where blades were the latest bass lure, a mate of mine (been lure n fly fishing for a long time) pulled out some blades that were about 10yrs old, maybe more. Gave me a little laugh.

[HookedOnTackle]

the stiffy blades are poly aren't they? or some kind of plastic

either way, looks like i need to find some more $$$ and tackle box space soon... sigh.

[wesfish]

nice looking tt's , after reading it i thought how easy it could be to make a simple blade lure, after a quick stuff around i made a funny looking but works blade, they are very simple to make! the polycarbonate is what face shields for lathes is made of i might stuff aroud with some more shapes and sizes for the hell of it :laugh:

[fishing_hardcore]

Also you can buy small sheets of polycarbonate in packs of six from an online

store in cleveland. It is used for making lure bibs, I have some .

cheers

[thousandyards]

or you can keep my bro in a job and buy the TT models :cheer: :cheer:

[chris_stewart14]

Wes: Mate you should persue that for sure.. Bloody good effort for a first go.

Cowfish: From what I have found I think the sink rate is roughly the same but then again fishing in 3m of water with a 1/8 sinking lure the difference is always going to be very minimal.. I do find that they have a slightly more active action on the drop than the old kind if you stay in contact with the lure so that would be a plus for me.

They can also work at lower speeds so it is easier to fish them slower.. Guaranteed though by the time they are complete they will be another gun lure if they are going to throw the TT badge on them.

[Cowfish13]

Thanks for that. Sounds good with the lower retrieve rate. Gonna have to get a couple when I can get some spare cash

[wesfish]

thousandyards wrote:

or you can keep my bro in a job and buy the TT models :cheer: :cheer:

:laugh: i dont make to sell just like having a crack at different lures , they look the goods the tt though! i will be getting some when they are out

[thousandyards]

wesfish....no dramas mate....was just havin a laugh

[Dec]

http://www.motackle.com.au/index.cfm?pr=product&product_id=6172

[Do$tylz]

HookedOnTackle wrote:

the stiffy blades are poly aren't they? or some kind of plastic

either way, looks like i need to find some more $$$ and tackle box space soon... sigh.

bit late but yep. They make plastic/poly ones. Magiva caught a good sized Yella on one of the Hinze overnighters.