Okie Drifters on Ebay

[Jresser]

WOW i can not believe what people are paying on Ebay for the old Okie Drifters!
Check it out!
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...at=0&_from=R40


PS Save your $ LIL' Corky's work just fine...

[Cowlitz Kidd]

$104 for 20 okies that's crazy

[FishForChrome]

Wow that's just stupid crazy!!

[Spin84]

$910 for 42 nail polish pink okies.

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[stlhdrgrn]

You beat me to it.
I'm going out to clean the garage & see how many I can come up with.
I could take a few quided trips if I find enough of them.
Someone came up with a supply of rare ones for sure.

Originally Posted by Spinnerer

$910 for 42 nail polish pink okies.

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[FishForChrome]

Originally Posted by Spinnerer

$910 for 42 nail polish pink okies.

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That's just ridiculous! I might have to go see what I have lying around in the garage to for prices like these. Dang!

[FishOnLoomis]

Looks like maybe they should go back into production... I would say there is some money to be made there

[Spin84]

I only paid a guy $20 for 20 okies here on Ifish a couple months ago. Maybe I should "flip" them on eBay.

[BlackBass]

The current market on Okies will no doubt crash.Only a handful of serious buyers willing to pay that kind of money. What was thought to be a limited supply is just not the case any longer.

[CaddisShack]

guy a little lower on the page started his bidding at 500 for 70, that is crazy, I spend enough money on fishing stuff

[HereDuckyDucky]

That would make for an expensive snag and snap .

RW

[fop]

Where's that 9 hundred dollar man when ya need him?

Bags are a little soiled as they have been hanging on my shop
wall for 30 or so years. Not ready to sell as I might have to buy
a tank of gas with them.

fop

[Trout,myster]

These kinds of battles on eBay are nothing new. It's the collectors that drive the prices up, along with those who just think it must be something good since everyone is bidding on it. Some of those folks will drive the price up because they'll bid until they get it. Then there are those who sneak in and bid something up for their buddy. If it looks like it's too much to you, then it probably is.

Originally Posted by Jresser

WOW i can not believe what people are paying on Ebay for the old Okie Drifters!
Check it out!
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...at=0&_from=R40


PS Save your $ LIL' Corky's work just fine...

[fishgetter]

Originally Posted by Spinnerer

$910 for 42 nail polish pink okies.

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I just looked and it is now down to $227, looks to me like bids were retracted, maybe someone is artificially trying to drive up the cost!

[olderthandirt]

Originally Posted by Jresser

WOW i can not believe what people are paying on Ebay for the old Okie Drifters!
Check it out!
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...at=0&_from=R40


PS Save your $ LIL' Corky's work just fine...

I threw away a million bucks.

[Richter]

Originally Posted by fop

Where's that 9 hundred dollar man when ya need him?

Bags are a little soiled as they have been hanging on my shop
wall for 30 or so years. Not ready to sell as I might have to buy
a tank of gas with them.

fop

Fred,

I got first shot!

Rich

[getsomeblacktail]

I don't get why Luhr Jenson doesnt resurrect these. Or at least Brads dosen't make them in bigger sizes. They are great drift bobbers that actually float. Love em. I notice its getting harder to find spindrifters ( aka: Birdy drifters ) too . I wonder if danielson is closing them out.

[abufreak]

the ones that brad's sell are just fine...the only issue i've had with them is that the color selection is pretty horrendous.

[PerfectRiverLevels]

I have a bunch..... No they're not for sale......

[Buck]

Originally Posted by fop

Where's that 9 hundred dollar man when ya need him?

Bags are a little soiled as they have been hanging on my shop
wall for 30 or so years. Not ready to sell as I might have to buy
a tank of gas with them.

fop

I'll put an end to the madness and take those ancient, out-of-style okies off your hands for a nice crisp $20 bill.

[fop]

Buck,

Each, ha, Not for sale. But for 20 each I could be in the selling market!

Lets see now, 200x$20.00=$4,000.00. Ya, I'd do that for ya. But, only if it makes you happy. Me? I'd cry all the way to the bank.

fop

[SideDrifterGear]

Originally Posted by abufreak

the ones that brad's sell are just fine...the only issue i've had with them is that the color selection is pretty horrendous.

Finger nail polish...

[Dummie]

This is just plain crazy!


42 Okie Drifters - Nail Polish Pink - Various Sizes Original Hard Plastic Okies



Time left: 24m 18s (Mar 01, 201222:51:05 PST)




Current bid:US $809.00

[07clackapramowner]

I wonder what a gallon of them are worth? I got them at a garage sale for $2 a few years back. My Daughter and I made Christmas tree decorations out of them instead of popcorn and cranberries...

[skrimmy]

Heck, there was one lot with just 10 in it that sold for $251...more than $25 EACH, for Okies...REALLY? For what it's worth, I have heard they are SLAMMING some nice steelhead on these up on the OP rivers... you know there had to be a reason they are in such demand.

[bugs84]

Stupid to the core.

[Drifterman]

Originally Posted by bugs84

Stupid to the core.

I agree. I got a bunch of them I should put up.

[jakenelson56]

Those of you that watch Northwest wild country, or keep up with the facebook page. I'm jake nelson, 16 year old steelheader. The one that joel put pictures, an article and other things about me. Check out this link.

http://nwwildcountry.com/WildBlogs/J...ationBlog.html

Those okies are something truely special. I just bought 20 more nail polish ones off ebay for $351. I'm up to over 300 translucent ones with around 80 nail polish okies. Still counting too.. Fish on

Jake

[bigfish33]

Originally Posted by jakenelson56

Those of you that watch Northwest wild country, or keep up with the facebook page. I'm jake nelson, 16 year old steelheader. The one that joel put pictures, an article and other things about me. Check out this link.

http://nwwildcountry.com/WildBlogs/J...ationBlog.html

Those okies are something truely special. I just bought 20 more nail polish ones off ebay for $351. I'm up to over 300 translucent ones with around 80 nail polish okies. Still counting too.. Fish on

Jake

Cool stuff! I'm 15 and my stash is about 120.

[skrimmy]

Nicely done Jake! I wonder if the Pink Pearl hanging out of that piggy's mouth is one from that lot of 30 you bought from me on January 29th.

[fishgetter]

Nice job Jake, so you are fishing them, do you lose many? I would cry if i lost as many as i lose fishing corkies!

And what what on earth makes them worth $17 each in your mind?

I have a fairly extensive collection so i can apreciate the desire but lately it is a bit extreme, then again i catch way more fish on corkies and eggs, maybe okies are your go to bait?

Again nice fish and collection!

[Justinfish]

Originally Posted by fop

Where's that 9 hundred dollar man when ya need him?

Bags are a little soiled as they have been hanging on my shop
wall for 30 or so years. Not ready to sell as I might have to buy
a tank of gas with them.

fop

Tank of gas hell ya might be able to get a nice boat as well

[MikeT]

I got inspired by this post. On the shelf are 100+ pale yellow/gold Okies that I'd pretty much forgotten about. A little work with permanent felt-tip markers transformed them. I like the markers.....they seem to stain the plastic and preserve the translucence.
These guys are going back into the rotation.

[jakenelson56]

Originally Posted by skrimmy

Nicely done Jake! I wonder if the Pink Pearl hanging out of that piggy's mouth is one from that lot of 30 you bought from me on January 29th.

I would say those would be from you. Ive bought 80 from you i believe.. Any more for sale and you know i'll be interested...

[Kevin_hirschkorn]

OK whats the deal with these things?? thats just nuts to pay that much.

[jakenelson56]

Originally Posted by fishgetter

Nice job Jake, so you are fishing them, do you lose many? I would cry if i lost as many as i lose fishing corkies!

And what what on earth makes them worth $17 each in your mind?

I have a fairly extensive collection so i can apreciate the desire but lately it is a bit extreme, then again i catch way more fish on corkies and eggs, maybe okies are your go to bait?

Again nice fish and collection!

Yes of course im fishing them. I fished this weekend with them. Didnt lose one from two days of fishing.. And caught fish on the same one. You have to know what to use and how to fish your lure.
Honest right here. If you know when, where, and how to fish them.. They would out fish anything. I'd bet money on it..

I'll post a few more pics to show why they are worth so much money.

jake

[Nitroholic]

What a waste of money

[jakenelson56]

Originally Posted by Nitroholic

What a waste of money

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[fishgetter]

Originally Posted by jakenelson56

Yes of course im fishing them. I fished this weekend with them. Didnt lose one from two days of fishing.. And caught fish on the same one. You have to know what to use and how to fish your lure.
Honest right here. If you know when, where, and how to fish them.. They would out fish anything. I'd bet money on it..

I'll post a few more pics to show why they are worth so much money.

jake

Yes please do, i drift fish 90 percent of the time and feel im pretty proficient at it, quite possibly the fish here just dont prefer them, my go to bait is a single size 10 corkie, no yarn or anything usually. Run a okie nada, run a corkie fish on, maybe the smallest okies are just a little too large or the fish just dont love em. Not sure but would love to have you pitch your okies!

Oh and i have to fish snaggy rivers and loose 15 plus rigs in 5 hrs of fishing! Pretty par for the course here in southern oregon i feel

[jakenelson56]

Originally Posted by fishgetter

Yes please do, i drift fish 90 percent of the time and feel im pretty proficient at it, quite possibly the fish here just dont prefer them, my go to bait is a single size 10 corkie, no yarn or anything usually. Run a okie nada, run a corkie fish on, maybe the smallest okies are just a little too large or the fish just dont love em. Not sure but would love to have you pitch your okies!

Oh and i have to fish snaggy rivers and loose 15 plus rigs in 5 hrs of fishing! Pretty par for the course here in southern oregon i feel

I fly fish my local rivers for summer steelhead. Then from october until april i'm on the OP with my boat or on foot.

I've never fished the southern oregon rivers. I know that some of the rivers on the OP where i go are pretty darn snaggy. I definatly use a different weight system than most people use. Barely ever lose an okie, even on the really snaggy rivers..

[jakenelson56]

Heres a few from this year..

[jakenelson56]

Heres a few more.

[jakenelson56]

Wait thats not a steelhead.. That would be one of many fall chinook this year on an okie! Shhhhhh

[C-Run]

How can you tell the difference between the originals and knock offs? I had a small bag of them in my steelhead gear a fews years ago and was fishing with a part time guide on the Alsea and he offered me a bag of used plugs for them. At the time I thought I made a screaming deal, not so sure now....

I still have a few left and was curious how to tell the difference.

[fishgetter]

No expert but i have learned a bunch and i can share what i know.

Maxwell was the original manufcturer. Maxwell made both transparent and solid color okies. They then sold to luhr jensen in 1975. Somewhere in time they added the letters to the okies, they say "okie". i have old maxwells in package that have no letters, i also have luhr jensens with the letters. I have both clear Transparent colors with and without letters, hard to tell when the letters came in time and by who.

If i had to guess luhr jensen added the letters and not maxwell.

Somewhere in the 80's the hard plastic okies stopped and they were made out of foam, thye dont say okie on them and have a vertical seam and not a horizontal seam.

These stopped some time in the 90's.

Then brads started the orkie.

Not sure what people mean when they say knockoff unless they are referring to the foam, luhr jensen made the foam okies and both luhr jensen and maxwell made hollow hard plastic okies.

Hope this helps.

[drhall99]

Originally Posted by BlackBass

The current market on Okies will no doubt crash.Only a handful of serious buyers willing to pay that kind of money. What was thought to be a limited supply is just not the case any longer.

Kind of like gold prices.. You can hear that bomb ticking quietly..

[Mongo Lloyd]

Originally Posted by PerfectRiverLevels

I have a bunch..... No they're not for sale......

I have close to a hundred of them that I got when my Gampa passed away. I think that I'll keep em for a while.

[rodbones]

How can a 16 year old afford to pay this kind of money???

[Trouble854]

I see a lot of auctions asking for that kind of money, but none of them are getting that. The average seems to be around 1-1.5 a piece, with the exception of 1 auction getting 3 bucks a piece. Big difference between asking and getting.

[stlhdrgrn]

Originally Posted by Trouble854

I see a lot of auctions asking for that kind of money, but none of them are getting that. The average seems to be around 1-1.5 a piece, with the exception of 1 auction getting 3 bucks a piece. Big difference between asking and getting.

Here's an example of what we are talking about. Take a look. I wish I still had the couple hundred I sold a few years back.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/42-Okie-Drif...item3372728bf7

Or this one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Nail-Poli...item33725df953

Or these that were won by the kid that uses them to fish the OP rivers.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-Pcs-OLD-O...item519dce6a5b

[Catch 22]

Here's My pre-Luhr Jensen Okie Spinner.

Luhr Jensen bought Grizzly and then discontinued the Okie as it didn't sell well outside the PNW. Sad day that was.

[West Linn Wader]

Don't believe everything you read on eBay. Just because an auction has closed does not mean it has been completed. I'm sure some of these are legit but would bet some aren't.

[Fshklr]

anything in pearl finishes goes $1-$2+ each.....the rest usualy .50 a piece.

I buy the off colors and nail polish em....did quite well this weekend on a few lots.

The best score was the guy who got a lot of 260 for $32 this weekend.

[CayenneGuy]

I sold 30 on there last week for 200. Might just put a few more up. Too bad I gave 50 to Herzog..

[bugleboy]

Originally Posted by rodbones

How can a 16 year old afford to pay this kind of money???

That's what I was wondering. By the looks of his gear he must have one heck of a part time job