BillsTheBassMan Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 So last weekend the lady convinces me to go to the market, keeping me away from the river in the process. I find a tackle stand within five minutes of being there (she gives me the "only you could find tackle at a food market" look). They are called the "Great Canadian Tournament Tackle Company" and the gentleman says they are based out of Hamilton. I ask him if the goods are made in Canada and he says "nothing is made in North America anymore." A bad first impression, but we continue talking, and he is a really nice guy. His lures are priced to sell at $2.50 a pop and he features 4/5 different topwater frogs, some triple jointed swim baits, single jointed crankbaits, and some good looking jerkbaits. I buy the 4 for $10 and have yet to fish the lures. I am wondering if anyone knows anything about these guys or if anyone has fished their lures? They seem solid and it may be a way that some of you OFC'ers can put some decent lures in your collection for cheap. Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 The lures are all $4.99 on their website. They put the Canadian flag on everything. I imagine it's an import company. These guys seem to be the owners with two Southern Ontario area codes. Ralph Tessaro: (289) 237-5338 Marc Larocque: (905) 741 5338 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwpowell Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 I have a few of these guys in my box. Some cool lures. Great action on some of them. Although I've never caught anything on them. I got them from Bills Bait and Tackle on Upper James in Hamilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsTheBassMan Posted August 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 The lures are all $4.99 on their website. They put the Canadian flag on everything. I imagine it's an import company. These guys seem to be the owners with two Southern Ontario area codes. Ralph Tessaro: (289) 237-5338 Marc Larocque: (905) 741 5338 Hmmmmm, lures were $2.50 at the St. Jacobs Market. The waders were $25. It was a little disheartening seeing the Canadian flag all over imported goods, but the guys were nice and they seemed to know what they were talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnimon Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 I have a few of these guys in my box. Some cool lures. Great action on some of them. Although I've never caught anything on them. I got them from Bills Bait and Tackle on Upper James in Hamilton. I hesitated on them and bulked up on the cotten cordels at the same price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 I hesitated on them and bulked up on the cotten cordels at the same price! Smart move, Vince. Better quality lures, especially at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndox Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 I ran into him at his house in Caledonia at their annual yard sale last year and bought a rubber net off of him for a fair price and he had lures 4 for 10 bucks and I bought 4 . He was also selling waders and some other fishing stuff. Seemed like a nice guy and had a beautiful Ranger boat in his garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsTheBassMan Posted August 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 I ran into him at his house in Caledonia at their annual yard sale last year and bought a rubber net off of him for a fair price and he had lures 4 for 10 bucks and I bought 4 . He was also selling waders and some other fishing stuff. Seemed like a nice guy and had a beautiful Ranger boat in his garage. Have you fished or caught anything on the lures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC1OZ Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 I just skip the middle man and order the 500 lot from china off ebay and get the lures for less than 50 cents a pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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