corky bought out
 

mirrolure bought out paul brown


http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/sh...d.php?t=233035

Thanks for the post - I had no idea. I may try to make a run to his shop tomorrow if anyone is interested in getting some...

the originals will go up in value of it's in the b & l packs

i am going to save my unopened ones

I bet they bought them out for a good chunk of change!!

more than 1 mil i heard, dont know if that's true

never thought it'd happen!

Wow never thought it would either, I wonder if mirrolure paid cash...

Corky's
 

I figured it was only a matter of time before somebody would buy him out. Makes me glad I spent all that money this year on the Corky's I got.

Im glad i restocked. this is a bad thing.....

sounds like this is a bad thing....might have deformed corkies now

i keep tellin yall bout that ole Mirrolure...they the best..

I'll start the bidding on mine at $250 :D

I'd like to get my hands on 3 or 4 different colors, tried a couple of times to find them online and have yet to find any for sale.

DUDE! that mardi gras devil tail looks awesome!

At the time I received that one it was a new design notice how it doesn't have a tag on it.

not that one...the purple and gold ;)

Texans don't know nuttin 'bout Mardi Graw. :shaking:

Bruce, since you talked me out of buying any....I'm assumin' you got plenty? :smokin:

I see that :smokin:

Does'nt that have sumthan to do with beadsandbabes?

They said he will keep selling til the first of the year...2 words boys.....STOCK UP!



No reelbender, babesandbeads are every day envents for me :rolleyes:

One of the 2cool guys suggested that Mirr-O-Lure might discontinue the Corky line. "Buy out the competition." I think that most of the religious Corky users might consider the product tainted...another "knock off". I could see that eventually happening if sales dropped, although, that seems like an awful lot of money just to get rid of 'em.

I would think Mirrolure would start mass producing them given the popularity...seriously doubt they bought him out to discontinue the product. Now who knows if it will be the same product???

Guys like me that have never even thrown a Corky will never know if their the same or not. I understand that these products will not go to market unless Mr. Brown approves them. Hopefully, Mirr-O-lure will not screw this up. I still can'r believe they sold out but..."everything has a price".

Yep just ask Nick Saben:p

I called mirrolure they said the new lures would come around january

they are setting up a factory in Costa Rica and mr. brown is overseeing the QC...for the start I believe

Bruce did you try to get a Sponsorship for the Cajun of what!!

I kinda hope Mirrolure will figure out how to make them more durable. One redfish or a couple trout will ruin it.

I'm not too surprised he finally sold. He's gotten older and would like an easy retirement.

Or Shadman :*****:

No crap??? My wife and I went to C.R. on our honeymoon and I've often told her I want to move down there. Wonder if I could get a job?? :D:rotfl:

i dunno..mine seem to hold up well...pain wise they do get dinged up a lil bit if you catch a limit of trout on one...

bigger ones destroy em......

Bombers hold up well..........................:rolleyes:

send me some so I can compare! ;)

YOU DONE MESSED UP!!!! He will send em:eek:.....So far I caught about 10 trout on them Bombers

Pretty good for somebody who don't know what they're doin'.....:smokin:

I'll need some Corkys so I can compare. :smokin:

i dunno man..

we'll compare when we go fishing...I'm always down to swap tackle.

W told ChrisR and myself that he is my only chance to catch a big trout wading in the fall.:eek:

W, wanna re-think that statement? :*****: :*****: :*****:

I am just going to use the TSunami knock offs! Until I run out of my supply of Paul Browns hand made corky's. Sad day, he told me he was going to take his technique for making the best big trout I have ever used to the grave... He is a great man and invented my favorite bait on big lake. Mirrorlure had never made a good bait in my opinion. The catch 5 or any other "pretty" baits they make will get blown out of the water by a corky anyday. Catch 2000's are garbage also!!!!!!!!!

Two words : Spooks & Corky's

W will beg to differ. He caught a fish on it once.

Stulb thanks to salty i got some tsunami knock offs i will end up using....salty they got gammy trebles on them? suckers are sharp!

Can I have 'em back?

Tsunamis aren't even close to the corky's. Float em side by side in your sink and you'll see the difference. Tsunamis sink like a turd in a churn...

Catch 2000's Catch ton of big trout....I will take a side by side trip Corky vs Catch 2000 any day!!! Who is game???? No money just braging rights...........

****ie Colburn, my favorite guide on Sabine (sponsored by Mirrolure) just posted this on his site:
While on the subject of MirrOlure, Mike Haring of Mainstream Marketing called me last night and confirmed the rumor that MirrOlure has indeed bought out Paul Brown and the Corky line. Paul will continue to oversee the operation for a while and there will be no changes outside of the possible addition of some new colors. Same wire harness, same plastic, paint, design, etc.
I think it will be sometime after Jan. 1, that we start seeing them on the shelf in any outdoor departments that handle the rest of the MirrOlure line. This is great news for trout fishermen that live any distance at all from Houston. You never knew what Paul had left in stock until you walked in the door. No more swimming for Corkies hung up a little deeper than your waders!

I've been tryin' to get that Bomber vs Catch match for a long time. Fool said you don't want none. I tend to agree. :smokin:

They ain't really that bad when they're free. :smokin: