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Charles Russo made flaptails from 1946 to 57.
His lures were stamped Chas Russo

Pictured a Russo flaptail
A rhinehart jinx
Baby Russo

Russo Flaptails
Second picture shows five Russo's.
 

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Fishmaster Flaptails - Jerry Sylvester

Fishmaster Wollaston, Mass - From 1946 to 1955
Jerry Sylvester made the flaptails for them. Jerry started making lures in the late 1930's, and continued to do so until the late 1940's. Sylvester then turned to the Fishmaster Co. to produce two of his lures: "Jerry's Flaptail" and "Jerry's Jointed."

 
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Captain Bill's Flaptails

Cap'n Bill's" - Bill Sherer manufactured lures from approx. 1939 to 1952
Oldtime Woodsman's - Line Little Compton - Rhode Island

 
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Masterlure Flaptails

Masterlure made an Atom swimmer flaptail
Manufactured lures in Brooklyn, N.Y from approx.
1947-1953
W.J Schoeninger Company - Masterlure Inc

 
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Bernie Myers Flaptails

Bernie Myers - Bernie was a well known lure maker
from Long Island, New York, who made plugs during the late 1940's to early 1950's

 
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Ferron Flaptails

"Ferron Fishing Products" Jerry Ferron was a fisherman,
lure maker and tackle shop owner from New York. Ferron
manufactured tin squids, flaptails, swimmers, and poppers,
from approx. 1940-1950


 
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Surf tackle Flaptails

Surf Tackle Flaptail - E. 10th Street NYC The
company was founded by Frank Romanek and
Michael Krow; they manufactured lures from
approx. 1947-1950.
 
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okie dokie then haha, looks like plenty of people replicated those lures, just 30 years before i was born. Does anyone fish them, or they just too valuable to fish? why doesnt someone do a flap tail today? why has the flap tail fallen off as a popular design? f it, i might just have my buddy make one and fish it and find out for my damnnnn self. Thanks Jimi!:a_goodjob:
 
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Very Nice looking plug.

People fish flap tails now often for Muskies Muskie go berserk for the tail slap on top of the water. Not saying stripers wouldn't. It is a very prevalent technique for Muskies.

These are made By Hawg Seekers A lot of Musky stuff would Translate well to Striper fishing I think
 

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