hey guys im kyle rainey im a metalhead freak i have been for years now im 17 but i know a little here and there but i went to forks two weeks ago and cought my first 20 pound metalhead and on what an okie drifter. the old one. from the 60s and that was on the south fork hoh but i lost it later the next day after another fish i hooked into another monster he had no truble takeing it . im just woundering if you guys have any one who wants any money for some because that was my last one!

nice try... everyone has already seen the Ebay actions ... i made an order to a store, and am buying several HUNDRED of them, i also am getting several HUNDRED for free from my girlfriends cabin... i will sell them to you for 10 bucks a peice if you are interested

oh, welcome to the site, and congrats on your fish..

sre they the good good ones the sunrise okies traslusent ? im very intrested if yu have the ones im looking for!

they will be all colors, and ORIGINAL Okies, no knockoffs, and no Canadian Gooey Gobs, the colors im buying, are all the reds, oranges, pinks, and glows... i havent decided if im buying the chromes, greens, and clowns, but i may...

im looking for just the pink nail polish okie drifters

if its possible put a pic up of the okies and ill put an order in haha.

arent we all !!!!

i will when they arrive, i have one right now, pink/white, i will be willing to let go for the low low price of 250.00 USD

How about I sell you 100 okies and a bottle of pink pearl nail polish.... 100.00, Deal?

Retarded

i want to see a picture and then we will talk money lol!

haha funny lol..

It should be a rule that in order to catch a 20 lb steelhead, you need to have the ability to write in complete sentences with at least some form of punctuation.

There is no god, at least not one concerned with justice in steelheading.

I'll bet Mr. Vedder will sell you some for 10.00 bucks a piece!

Or, Mr. fp as he has a couple hundred original Sunrise pink still in the bag.

Not for sale for now. Might have to trade for gas soon.

fp

might want to sell them now, while you still have a chance.. soon the price will tank, guarenteed...

Haha I was thinking the same thing. Pretty funny.

You have an uncanny ability for detective work. I just realized what you figured out and that is good work. Congrats sir

Those. Several hundred are flame orange?

Here is an Ebay auction where pink Okies went for $15 a piece.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/350535587800?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_1070

And spell.

I have 312 of the hard plastic oakies of various colors. Not any foam ones. I noticed that most of the desired ones read "oakie" on them (as said on ebay). Mine don't read okie on them. Are these still desired or a knock off??? Regardless, I know that they are still really old because they belonged to my grandpapa who passed away long ago. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

RB, they are all colors. quite a bit of each.... my brother just sent me some photos of his, but they are crappy photos, but he has 42, some of which are the pink pearls, and didnt even know about the stuff going on....

if they say "oakie" on them, they are fake, because the name is Okie, so pay attention to what you have...

Correction: meant "okie", not "oakie" or "oakley".. After digging through one at a time, and hurting my eyes, I found quite a few with "okie" stamped on the top. Still would like to know about the other ones though which are hard plastic as well. Have many colors including the translucent colors, pink, orange, clown, pearl pink, and the nail polish color...

Big steelhead will take a pink worm just fine. Also try a size 8 corkie with a big glob of eggs. Want a big fish...? Give them a meal.

It is not unusual to get hooked on fishing whatever you stick a pig with. Don't do it! It is all luck. You really think you are walking by big steelhead all day but they only bite on an Okies?

Fish whatever the conditions call for......

Luck???????

Late 60's and thur the 70's...........Okies, Sami Special were what was used, in my fishing group, no bait with them.......The Sammi was a "fishing catching", lure....... Rags took the place of the Sammi and Steelie Bob

Fenton Fly's are still one of my favorite. It caught fish 20 years ago and still catches them today.

Listen to steeliedrew, lil Okies have NEVER caught any big fish, neither have small spinners. I can attest to this because all the big fish I have caught and seen caught were all on varying size gear.

Firsthand experience?

I still have Fenton Flys from the 70's, they work real good.
Used to use them all the time on the Toutle for summer runs.

something like that...

Oh my GOD
You guys were not kidding with the whole E-bay okie auction!
People are really paying those kinds of prices for some old Okies?
Someone has way to much money in their pocket.

Get ready bidders, I am going to dump a bunch of them on E-bay to suplement my retirement!

anyone interested in chrome ones?

they have to be original okies, not the knock offs, and only certian colors are selling hot right now... main reason why im not sure if i should snatch these chrome ones up, as there are ZERO chrome ones on there...

this all stems from herzog preaching about them on nw wild country. I'm sure they catch fish just fine but so can a piece of yarn if presented by someone who can read water. It's bad enough losing a few $3.00 spoons in a day but losing a $15.00 okie would just kill me.

it has nothing to do with them catching fish or not, its a vintage lure and has collectors value... kind of like a vintage Hardy Perfect, yeah its a great reel, but its collector value exceeds is usefull value...

im getting 438 shipped to me in a couple days... should get double that from the girlfriend as well... the ones im getting were given to the dude by Luhr Jensen himself in a huge box... i may even be buying up all the Birdy Drifters as well, not sure on that tho...

Oh I understand the collector value aspect of them but some guys seem to think that's all they can catch wild steelhead on. If that's what gives someone confidence though and they're buying them to fish them, that's all that matters I guess.

I agree with Drew. Besides, before the okie or the corkie came out, guys were killing em on just cured eggs and spoons. Thanks to them and Native American nets, we now have few native steelhead.

I've seen the okie work it's magic just a couple weeks ago but with my spoon addiction I just can't get into it.

A lure, is a lure...They're all at the end of your line w/ a hook attached.

The bead will kick the hokey okies [Bleeeeep!] any day of the week. Five to one easy.

Thanks goodness not very many people know how to fish it down there.

bead as in corkie, or straight up plastic craft bead?

Exactly.

exactly what? corkie, or plastic bead? sh!t i have both, and have heard what the did in Cali a long time ago... pretty creative stuff..

Here are some pics of the steelhead stuff, I have picked up this summer

+ Lots and Lots!!!!!

Sincerely,
Sir Beady Crusherton

Michael Jackson Tad Polly? Cant miss!

Shhhhhhh......

I caught my first steelhead on an Okie and egg combo. Okies were cheap and plentiful then. In the years since, no one has been able to invent a lure that steelhead won't hit, which has been great for the tackle business and continues to demonstrate the gullibility of steelhead fishermen. Actually, that is the thing steelhead and the people who fish for them have in common. They will hit/buy anything.

Sg

just want to get my hand on some, im a big fan of them and if theres any one who wants to sell im here.

you willing to sell the trasperent pink one in your bunch? if so how much?

They don't work, anyway...and after using them for about 30 years, I've never once heard anyone say...ever...that they are the only lure that will catch a wild steelhead. Ever.

They will, however, work just fine...and using a piece of PNW steelhead history while fishing is way cool.



FWIW, that fish hit that Okie after already catching seven fish out of the run, on spoons, then worms...and going twenty minutes without a bite...one cast with the Okie and back in bidness.

YMMV...

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. When fishing for steelhead I use stuff from my own company 95% of the time...the other 5% I use an Okie Drifter

Just something different......like "jig fishing".....20 casts with your favorite jig, nothing.....make change, on 1st pass.........bobber down!!!!!

Yikes!

i see one that im interested in

I see two....

What's this? Okies in Sunrise color. I have a few that's
been hangin' on the shop wall for 30 or so years.

Ya think they'll work being this old?



fp

Dam Fred those are "Money" pearl pink and all.Good luck,
SZ

Colors are all washed out Fred, I will take them off your hands though.

someone give the kid a break, he'll end up spending everything in his piggy bank just to buy 10 of the things.... maybe if he's smart he'll go over to the classifieds and buy up some of them ez thread yarnies.

its amazing how so many so called steelheaders remind me of crack heads

From one addiction to another...........................Brutha.Good luck,
SZ

thats true....SZ very true...

Why doesn't RVRFSTR make an Okie knockoff? It would be money!!!!

I was wondering the same thing. If made right it would be $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Would give em a shot for sure.

That's besides the point..

the Okies were discontinued because the cost of production was too high for profit... they sold plenty, thats why you see guys with bags of them... there are more out there than you think, but most people actually USE them rather than collect them...the tackle shop owner that i talked to bought 31,000 of them back when Maxwell owned it.. and wont even sell me one of them... because he uses them...

I'm gonna leave it at that...

I'll take 1/2 a bag and test 'em out for ya Hoquiam brotha!

If he fished EVERY day, and lost 5, everyday ...... he would have enough for 17.6 years or 6429 days...........Hope he isn't very old.....