Conference wahoo::fishing

    Brian,
    
    Let me check the local "Canandaigua Fishing Tackle" catalogue. The
    ABU is/was a popular lure here in UNY for as long as I can remember.
    Have you ever tried a "C.P.SWING" spinner? I find they will take
    anything from Perch to Pike. They are somewhat like an ABU, but
    not as heavy.
    
    Let me take a look and I'll get back to you.
    
    Don
    

    Don,
    
    Appreciate your checking this out for me.  Yes, I have tried the
    C.P. Swing, but the Pickeral here in New Hamster prefer the Abu.
    (Orange body with Black/Brass spinner for those interested)
    
    Later,
    Brian
    

     I Used to live outside Syracuse, ansd I remember how tough it was
    to get the ABU's (especially the white bodies with black spots),
    or the "Little Wonder" spinners when Oneida Lake got hot in June.
     Luhr Jensen makes a "Shyster" spinner which is as close to the
    Spinnaren as you can get. I believe they purchased the rights for
    it from the parent company that originally produced it - Glen L.
    Evans. Anyway, only the line tie loop looks any different, and since
    Jensen makes it, it should be easy to find. I've seen 'em everywhere.
    You could also make them - Netcraft and Reed Tackle sell all the
    components, as do others.
    
    "Dippin and Flippin',"
                         
    --The Skoal Bandit
    

    � Appreciate your checking this out for me.  Yes, I have tried the
    � C.P. Swing, but the Pickeral here in New Hamster prefer the Abu.
    � (Orange body with Black/Brass spinner for those interested)
    
    Hmmm, I'll bet that one would work here in Mousachusetts, too..!
    
    Ed
    
    P.S. Are you sure that Mepps doesn't make anything like what you're
    looking for? They sure make an great variety of lures, in every
    imaginable color and configuration. Also, how do you fish them?
    do you cast and retrieve, or troll?
        

    RE: .4 (or -.1)
    
    Ed,
    
    I've gotten pickeral using the Abu both cast and retreive, and troll,
    but trolling seems to work the best (at least at Monomonac).  If
    only I could convince them not to try and take my fingers off before
    I release them :^)
    
    Brian
    

    Brian,
    
    I checked at the Canandaigua Fishinf Tackle store over the weekend
    and they don't carry ABU spinners anymore. The guy said they dropped
    them about 4 years ago. He told me that ABU is owned by Garcia/Mitchel
    and that if you got a Garcia catalogue, you could find the spinners.
    He said they did still make them, but with the increase of Salmon
    and Trout locally, demand for the ABU died off. 
    
    I'll keep my eyes open for them when I'm in the various tackle shops
    locally, but it sounds like the Garcia catalogue is your best bet.
    
    Regards
    
    Don

    Just happend to find your cry for help. It's no problem at all
    getting them here in Sweden. Being a Pike ficher myself I know what
    you are talking about. I have got my own boat in Stockholm archipelago
    so I do quite a lot of fishing during summers (my wife loves it!??).
    You can find ABU everywere here in Sweden and i will go to my dealer
    this lunch and see if we can arrange something for you. Hang on
    out there.
    
    LANDH
    

    Count me in if there's any chance of a group purchase. 
        
    I must be a real fisherman now: "Something new? Where??"
    
    My wife: "You don't NEED any more FISHING STUFF!! You've got ENOUGH
    	     fishing stuff!"
    
    Me:	 "No such thing..!"
    
    (I've already outgrown the Plano 727 tackle box I got for Christmas
    last year...)
    
    Ed
    

    Sorry, but my dealer was not interested to sell 'low walue' items
    abroad - to much trouble whit customs and so on and on.
    
    But i called ABU HQ here in Sweden and got the adresses they got
    in the US. Most of them seems to me like sevicecenter so I'll give
    you the HQ and salesoffice adress. If anybody is interested in the
    other adresses pls let me know.
    
    HQ  ABU Garcia group inc           salesof. ABU Garcia Inc
        21 Law Drive                            21 Law Drive
        FAIRFIELD, NJ 07006                     FAIRFIELD, NJ 07006
        Phone:   201-227-7666		        Phone:   201-227-7666
        telex:   132375				Telex:   247391
    	Telefax: 201-227-7120			Telefax: 201-227-5715
    
    Seems like the same building to me. Nobody at ABU could tell me
    if the had the spinners there or not, but I will give it another
    try later and see if i can find that out. If anybody of you gets
    lucky, pls let me know.
    
    Peter 

    We have all ABU spinners available here in Finland. I can arrange
    to you customs clearance and shipping to U.S. . I suppose the ones
    you are searching are called here Reflex; red or white body with
    or without black or white spots. Spinner is brass, silver, brass/black,
    copper. Prices here in Finland are higher than you are used to in
    States but                        
    If interested please contact direct by using email Lauri
    Wuorenheimo @fno . We have allready all lakes and sea allready ice
    coved so we have wait until May to get tight lines again.
    

    Brian, tried 113 times to reach you on SHIRPA::PARR
    Only getting error opening BHBVAX$DUA0:<PARR>MAIL.MAI: as
    output, invalid device name. Can you fix it so i can reply 
    to your mail
    
    Peter

    This probably isn't appropriate as a reply here, but if anyone
    needs to send me mail, send it to BHBVAX::PARR or GREEDO::PARR.
    My disk (BHBVAX$DUA0:) is not mounted cluster-wide, hence the
    problems if you send me mail using the cluster alias.
    
    Sorry for any inconvenience
    Brian