With spring well on its way in the majority of the country, our thoughts — and I’m sure we’re not alone — are again turning toward fishing with a frog.
Yes, there are any number of frogs available to the angler these days but very few of them combine as much versatility as one that we obtained last season that has become a first stringer for us.
The Jackall Gavacho’s body is 2.75 inches long with the longest tail, in the center, adding another almost 3 inches. It weighs about 5/8. The body is streamlined in the front around the cupped mouth while getting wider in the rear to accommodate and very effectively hide the double hook. The material used is soft and easily collapses when a fish bites.
In the tackle industry, it’s not uncommon to see lure manufacturers either upsize or downsize a popular bait.
There are times when we all get in a hurry. We lose our focus and default to those baits that have become a staple in our arsenal or to a new comer that we can’t wait to try.
Any discussion of new topwater baits has to include those that have taken not just a small step away from proven older designs but those manufacturers who have completely re-imagined a lure in such a way that it ushers in a new standard for an accepted genre of lures.
