Have you ever seen one of these...?

[PixInTheSix]

I was going through one of my bins of tackle and found this that I'd completely forgotten about. In the mid-late 90s I was a small volume distributor in souther Ontario for a number of brands including Top Brass and they had just come out with an all metal lipless crankbait called the X-Shad. It was (obviously) heavier than a Rat-L-Trap and had a great, loud rattle. I don't recall seeing them around for long and can't find anything online now.

[GreenPig]

Nope

[Kirtley Howe]

Can you tell me where the company was located? Any other info at all? I would love to find out more about them. So far the only thing I have found is that Dicks Sporting goods carries Carolina rigs made by a company of the same name....I wonder if it is the same company?

 

[PixInTheSix]

37 minutes ago, Kirtley Howe said:

Can you tell me where the company was located? Any other info at all? I would love to find out more about them. So far the only thing I have found is that Dicks Sporting goods carries Carolina rigs made by a company of the same name....I wonder if it is the same company?

 

That would definitely be the same company. They make a Carolina Ready Rig which is everything (weight, bead, swivels, etc.) all put together on a wire so all you need to do is tie one end to your main line, add a leader with your favorite plastic on the opposite side and start casting. They're in Mississippi. Their web site is pretty rough but it's here; https://www.topbrasstackle.com

[Kirtley Howe]

Interesting. When I link to their site, it comes up under the heading of Cemco Inc.  Cemco is a construction company that does aggregate processing among other things.  Weird. The site does list some of...but not all of...Top Brass products.  

[Darth-Baiter]

i'm with Greenpig.  nope.  X2

[Catt]

Caught a few bass on those, I think I bought them at Toledo Town & Tackle. They have a section of discontinued tackle. 

[PixInTheSix]

57 minutes ago, Catt said:

Caught a few bass on those, I think I bought them at Toledo Town & Tackle. They have a section of discontinued tackle. 

Nice. I wish I had a few more of them. This one was a sample from Top Brass that I never got around to using.

[scaleface]

Man, I bet a person could really launch that thing.

[Bazoo]

Pretty cool, thanks for sharing. I've never seen one and I was keeping up with the new stuff in the 90's. I probably would have bought one if I'd had seen one back then.

[MAN]

ahhh man ....another one I need to add to my collection.  Cue up the ebay.