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Check out these older baits. Wiley's and Mentzer's


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Did a bit of trading with an old timer from PA that has known Dale Wiley since he was a kid and got these old Wiley Jerkbaits, a WileyBug (topwater, said to be one of 6 ever made), a Wiley Scout and some Mentzer Vamps. I have never seen a WileyBug before and thought it was cool and wanted to show it .

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check out this old Wiley! Metal lip! From when Dale was a young and was just starting out.

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I was told that the old metal lip Wiley in the bottom pic is over 30yrs old. Never seen one like it.

Could be, that's an old Netcraft lip. They've been making the same lip, unchanged, for a long long time. I can remember buying those same lips, the only metal plug lips available then, as early as my freshman year in high school in '81.

http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/crankbait-bills-lure-lips/

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Just talked to the gentleman I got these off of and he said he talked to Dale and said the metal lip one is from 1977 and is the original Wiley Musky King! Come on Bob- doesn't this make you a bit jealous?

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