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General => General Topwater & Jigging Discussion => Topic started by: Chris Young on September 23, 2012, 09:13:29 AM

Title: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Chris Young on September 23, 2012, 09:13:29 AM: Hi all

I am pleased to announce the sale of Full Scale Lures to Kyle and Jasmine of Jaks Lures

To say I am stoked about this is an understatement, as many of you know I put a lot of blood sweat and tears into the development of Full Scale and to see the brand continue is just great.

I have no doubt Kyle and Jasmine will produce a first class product worthy of the Full Scale badge, I will be available to them for ongoing support whenever needed to ensure the strength and integrity of the brand continues to grow.

Please be patient for the changeover of website etc as this will take a while

I hope you give them the same support and encouragement you all gave me, I'm sure there will be some great things to come from Full Scale Lures in the future ;)
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Ben Furness on September 23, 2012, 10:17:26 AM: Excellent news about an excellent lure!
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Post by: Andrew Susani on September 23, 2012, 11:02:09 AM: Good news, well done Chris 8)
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Kyle Stacey on September 23, 2012, 07:19:26 PM: Thanks Chris,

We are acutely aware that there are some very big shoes to fill at Full Scale to keep the lures up to the exacting standards they have been held to by Chris.

Both Jasmine and I have been in the lure trade for a few years now producing low volume hand made skirted lures that have been growing in popularity each year so hopefully some skills will translate to Full Scale.

As Chris has pointed out there will be a transition time before we are up to full production as we have to develope our workshop amount many other things so bear with us.

Kyle & Jasmine
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Brandon Khoo on September 23, 2012, 09:53:12 PM: Kyle
Congratulations on the acquisition. I think our members here are all very pleased to see that Fullscale lures will live on.
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Post by: Alex Jordan on September 24, 2012, 01:59:19 AM: Good news Chris!

Looking forward to some more hardcore poppers!
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Post by: Ken Best on September 24, 2012, 07:29:13 AM: Great news Kyle, looking forward to supplementing my dwindling Kong stocks.....

Crusty, you can enjoy your "retirement" in the NT now :)
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Mark Harris on September 25, 2012, 12:06:30 PM: That's really good news and I wish you you the very best of luck Kyle.
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Mark Harris on January 05, 2013, 05:26:23 PM: Kyle - will you be producing the Sidewinder stick bait as well the chuggers?

If so, any ideas on timeline on the Sidewinder?

Cheers

MARK
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Kyle Stacey on January 05, 2013, 07:25:13 PM: G'day guys, we are in the process of building a workshop devoted to full scale and hope to have it up an running before mid year. We have been learning the ins and outs of painting and wiring but we will not send out anything until we have achieved the same quality as chris achieved.

Mark as far as the stick baits go it is our intention to do the sidewinder and stick 250 in the future as well as releasing some small poppers and pencil to service the Victorian bluefin tuna anglers.

When we are nearing the re-release date we will make an announcement hear and on the web page.

We are also looking at some new colours as well but we need to concentrate on the processes in the mean time.
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Alex Jordan on January 06, 2013, 08:41:07 PM: Good news Kyle!

Are you still running the existing website or planning on upgrading / web ordering?
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Kyle Stacey on January 06, 2013, 08:56:06 PM: We will be retaining the existing website albeit with a revamp and online shop.
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Post by: Mark Harris on January 06, 2013, 09:53:01 PM: All good to know Kyle and look forward to hearing when you have some production ready.
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Post by: John Cahill on January 06, 2013, 10:30:39 PM: Well done Kyle and Jas!!!!!!

through using your skirted lures and seeing the super high standard you apply to those that Full Scale will continue to be a brand of the highest quality! Any plans for some of your resin pouring skills to make it into stick baits by chance?
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Kyle Stacey on January 06, 2013, 10:59:22 PM: Hey John, I am doing some research and development into the possibility of using polyurethane resin in sticks and the small poppers and early signs are encouraging but the differences in specific gravity are significant and will require further tuning/testing. If they get off the ground I will select some regular anglers to do field testing in a variety of locations.
Kyle
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Andrew Smith on January 06, 2013, 11:19:50 PM: With the standard of your existing products and the quality of the Full Scale gear, I am sure you wont have any trouble finding anglers to field test your gear Kyle!!
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Neville Haglund on January 09, 2013, 03:11:25 PM: Congratulations on the acquisition Kyle.Any chance of getting someone in NZ to retail them???
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Kyle Stacey on January 09, 2013, 04:32:01 PM: G'day Neville, when the time comes it would be great to find a retailer in NZ, of course some type of trip to NZ would be required to sus out those kings over there!!
Title: Re: Full Scale Lures lives on
Post by: Sam Morrison on January 09, 2013, 09:11:44 PM: Let us know when your up and running Kyle, always wanted to do a "collaboration" style run with Crusty but never got the chance... Maybe even some collectable Paua shell Sidewinders?

Good luck setting up shop bro, you going to be an in-house operation?