Shakespeare Frog Spoon

[bluerinse]

Shakespeare Frog Spoon

 

As a Kid in the 70's I fished alongside the late great John Sidley at Earlswood lakes, (Nr Shirley, west Midlands, It was Warwickshire back then), He used to cast out 1 or 2 Live baits and then fish with a “Shakespeare Frog Spoon” He swore by these spoons and said nothing could beat them, He Used to catch far more Pike on the Spoon than he did on the live bait, The other interesting thing was he never moved around and caught consistently all day from the same swim, and he always fished the same swim.

 

Now my Question is, does anyone know if you can still get this spoon, (I don’t think it’s made anymore, I have not seen them on e-bay and have been watching for over a year.

Does anyone have one and if so could they send me a photo?

 

I am really interested in seeing this lure again as it has great meaning to me and was the holy grail of lure’s to me as a kid as I could never have afforded one.

 

Thanks

[DavyR]

I don't remember having ever seen this lure - Shakespeare did produce various plugs with "frog" in the name, and also "lifelike" imitation frog surface lures, but none were spoons. Could this have been John Sidley's own name for a spoon that happened to have a frog-like finish to it?

[Steve Burke]

Davy's beaten me to it!

 

Shakespeare did sell a copy of the famous Jim Vincent spoon in the 70s that according to their 1977 catalogue was available only in a frog pattern. Spoons of this shape were highly recommended in Barrie Rickards and Ken Whitehead's excellent 1977 book "Spinners, Spoons & Wobbled Baits". The illustration, although in black and white, clearly shows the Shakespeare Jim Vincent in a frog pattern.

 

P.S. The frog colour scheme is usually green with irregular black blotches.

Edited June 14, 2007 by Steve Burke

[bluerinse]

Davy's beaten me to it!

 

Shakespeare did sell a copy of the famous Jim Vincent spoon in the 70s that according to their 1977 catalogue was available only in a frog pattern. Spoons of this shape were highly recommended in Barrie Rickards and Ken Whitehead's excellent 1977 book "Spinners, Spoons & Wobbled Baits". The illustration, although in black and white, clearly shows the Shakespeare Jim Vincent in a frog pattern.

 

P.S. The frog colour scheme is usually green with irregular black blotches.

 

Hi Steve

 

Im sure that will be the spoon, he used, the colour schem is as I remember.

 

Thanks