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Globes...The Main Stay of Musky Surface Lures
By Craig Sandell
Globes are a family of lures that that have been around for over twenty years. Probably the most well known of the globes is the old Pfluger yellowbird. For many years, yellow was the color of choice among Musky anglers and the yellowbird was "The" lure. The story goes that someone called into a radio fishing show and said that he colored his Yellowbird black and caught more fish and had more follows than he ever had with the yellowbird. Ever since then, there has been a proliferation of globe colors.
And then came Frenchy LaMay...Frenchy revolutionized the configuration of globes. In addition to some very unique color patterns, Frenchy backed out the screws holding the blade to the head. This created a unique metallic sound and stirred up the water in a way that had not been done before.
During the late 80's and early 90's, interest in globe manufacturing diminished. Frenchy had raised the bar on quality and performance and it was not profitable to make a lure to compete on that level.
In 1996, after about six months of correspondence with Frenchy on all aspects of globe manufacture, I began to manufacture "The Best American Globe". The globe hen came in two colors (Black and Yellow), and had a unique blade and body arrangement that gave the lure extreme performance flexibility. The lure worked well in calm or chop and produced different sound characteristics depending upon the speed at which it was retrieved. I only made 100 of these in 1996 and they sold out in a matter of weeks.
The success of "The Best American Globe" sparked others to re-enter the market with their versions. To this day, no globe since 1996 has matched the consistent performance of "The Best American Globe". In 2004, I ended production of "The Best American Globe". In 2006 and 2007 I made some enhanced prototypes of the Best American Globe with new color patterns, a different blade configuration and I added Owner™ Stinger 3/0 trebles that require no sharpening. There are a limited number (25) of the new Best American Globe in five color patterns available in advance of the 2008 Musky season.
