Guiding You In Your Quest For More And Bigger Fish
Most folks associate e21 with Carrot Stix and its bright orange color. This year they are changing that motif as well as the blank construction of the new Wild Black series of rods.
This series of rods uses a 30 ton graphite, is black in color, has the Fuji micro guides with a cork split rear grip, no fore-grip and will retail for about $130.00. There will be several lengths and actions in the new line which should be available in late fall.
We have probably all heard that Kevin VanDam was using the Hydrowave Electronic Feeding Stimulator when he won the Classic this year. For that matter, he was the only angler in that area that was using the Hydrowave. This unit has 6 sound patterns that can be put on a continuous loop or on a delay. [Read more…]
Strike King is another company that is constantly looking to improve their catalog and for this year they have taken the 5 series crank, added the deep diving bill and created the 5XD. This bait will get down to the 15 foot level while still having the smaller body of the 5 series.
The popular HC (heavy cover) series gets a new size, the 1.0 and they have added some interesting new colors which will be available across the line which includes the new 1.0, the 1.5 and the 2.5. They will all still be available at very competitive prices. [Read more…]
Damiki has a couple of new entries into the terminal tackle arena that are the company’s answer to some specific rigging problems. The first is the D-Hold Hook. This product offers an alternative to screw type keepers for soft plastics. The D-Hold is a small, uniquely shaped piece of wire attached to the hook eye that allows the angler to thread the bait onto this wire like rigging on a worm hook. [Read more…]
Big Bite Baits has produced some interesting baits over the last couple of years and this year already released the Warmouth— a bait designed by Dean Rojas for bedding that imitates baitfish feeding on their side. [Read more…]
Buckeye introduced some new products this year with the first being the JWill Flipping Jig. This bait is designed for flipping heavy cover and all of the components mirror that theme. The JWill comes stock with a 6/0 Trokar hook, a unique head design that penetrates cover more easily, a dense weed guard color matched to the head and an equally dense skirt.
Next up is a jig that Jason Williamson has been fishing with this season named the JWill Swim Jig. This bait features a horizontal hook eye for a better hook up percentage, a light weed guard, quality skirts and a 5/0 heavy duty round bend Trokar worm hook. The heads are powder coated, available in several colors and are on shelves already. [Read more…]
Falcon has produced a lot of very good rods including but not limited to the BuCoo and Cara series. This year they are teaming up with Mike McClelland to design and produce the Falcon Cara T7 McClelland Signature Micro Casting Rods. This family of rods are technique specific, feature a cork split rear grip, use micro guides and eliminated the foregrip.
While having been designed for specific purposes, the angler will find that each rod is versatile and can handle anything in the weight that the rod is rated for. [Read more…]
Molix is an Italian company who is known in Europe for quality baits and they are bringing their line of baits here. A new lure that Mike Iaconelli helped design is called the Lover. This bait is a vibrating bait that looks as though they took a deep diving crank and inverted the lip, shaved it down a little to make it coffin style and called it good. [Read more…]
Spro is introducing a new down-sized deep diver named the Little John Baby DD. This bait has a smaller profile than the original DD and is designed to get down into the 10 – 12 foot range. The Baby DD weighs about 5/8 oz, uses the same soft tungsten weight transfer system, has the same slow float as its siblings and a very similar hunting action. It will come in the same patterns as its larger cousin and should be as effective as the original DD. [Read more…]
St. Croix has re-designed their Legend Tour rod series for 2012. The improvements include a new cork split rear grip, new reel seat, fore-grip and winding check. The Legend rods make use of Fuji’s K stripper guides in the first couple of positions and micro guides to the tip. The new Legend’s should be available in the fall and should retail from $230.00 to $270.00. [Read more…]