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The Palomar is a knot favored by many.
It works well with mono and most braided lines. *Double about four inches of line and pass the loop through the eye. **Let the lure or hook hang loose and tie an overhand knot in the doubled line. Avoid twisting the line and don't over tighten. ***Pull the loop of line far enough to pass it over the lure or hook. Make sure the loop passes completely over the entire lure. ****To tighten, pull the end while holding the standing line. Clip the end, make sure it's snug, and you're ready to go. |
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The Clinch Knot
is easy to tie, and works well with mono of 20-pound test and under. *Pass the line through the eye of the lure. Double back and make five turns around the standing line. **Holding the line in place, thread the end of the line through the first loop of the knot, then through the big loop. ***Hold the end of the line while pulling up the coils and slack. Make sure the coils are in a spiral, not overlapping each other. Slide knot tight against the lure. |
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Although the Weedless In-Lines can be fished a variety of ways, they were designed primarily for the weedy and grassy edges. Look for natural lanes in the water's vegetation filled with pockets and openings. Cast deep into the vegetation working the lure out slowly like a Texas Rig. Hold the rod tip high when bringing the lure over the top side of the structure. As the lure approaches a pocket or an opening in the vegetation let the rod tip down allowing the lure to drop into the pockets. Slowly return the lure to the high side of the vegetation and continue this pattern with all pockets and openings in the cast lane. Note: Attaching a split weight to the cup of the hook helps control line twist. |
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The Dressed Treble as well as the Flapper below were designed for open water casting along Jetties, Dams, Piers, etc. The three sizes offered allow the user to adjust running depth and speed. These lures can be as simple as cast and retrieve, or can be danced and dropped at various depths adjusting retrieve speed along the way. The laser sharp trebles help ensure a solid hook set. The problem with all lures equipped with trebles is snagging along weed beds and other structure. Care must always be taken to keep the lure high enough off the bottom and far enough away from structure to avoid a snagging headache. |
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One of the unique qualities of the Flapper is the tail blade. This blade is attached to the split ring along with the treble hook. Because the blade can't rotate, the blades action against the water makes it fight against the treble creating both a fish attracting sound like a rattle trap and the appearance of a wounded fish as it fights against the water. One method many use when fishing this lure, is trolling the lure behind a heavy keel weight. Use anywhere from a 3/4 to 1-1/2 ounce swiveled keel weight trailing a three to six foot leader with the 1/2oz Flapper. This works well off points when fish are running shallow. |
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The Skirted In-Line is a fantastic lure to work. This lure is offered in 3/8 and 1/2 ounce sizes with a variety of color combinations to match almost any water clarity and temperature. As the fish turn on to different bait sources during the season, match up your lure to the colors of that bait source. This lure can be easily danced or straight retrieved. The silicon skirts create an incredible lifelike motion. The Skirted In-Line is an excellent lure to slow drop along submerged structure, jigging and dancing an intermittent retrieve. The lures design helps it drop smoothly as you raise and lower your rod tip. |
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The Weedless Spinner is a classic and proven design that has to be included in any decent line of wire baits. We offer this lure in a variety of the most popular 3/8 and 1/2 ounce options. With its single upturned laser sharp hook protected from most would-be snags by the extended blade arm, the Weedless Spinner can move gracefully through a majority of structure types. Although not as weedless as the Weedless In-Lines, the Weedless Spinner is a close second. Look for pockets along rocks, logs or fallen trees. Slightly alter your retrieve depths and speed. This excellent lure can also be fished tightly along almost any structure from dams to boat docks or submerged trees. |
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The Crappie Bug is one of a three part series designed for smaller and less aggressive fish. This lure series is for spinning and ultra light gear. With only a single Indiana Willow blade, the turbulence and noise created by the Crappie Cove Series is lightened to a slight hush while the half density skirt gives off the appearance of a smaller, less challenging bait. When strikes are hard to come by, tie on one of these lures and watch the action pick up. Call these lures a fish snack or whatever you want, but cast these lures off the Dams, Jetties, Piers, or along the Docks, and this Crappie Cove Series will trigger strikes. |
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The Walleye Wobbler is one of the best performing all-purpose crank baits we've ever used. When idle, this is a floating bait, so every retrieve starts from the surface and works it's way anywhere down to about 8' depending on how hard you work it. Lay it up closer to bank structure and work it shallow with a slow twitch and stop motion. Or you can start working the bait slower close in and pick up your retrieve as the water deepens. This lure is also excellent for casting along submerged structure and very hard to beat for slow trolling. The erratic motion and extra loud rattle make this lure an angler's choice. |
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The Skirted Bait Harness is a nice addition to the Texas rigged concept used by plastics fishermen everywhere. Lightly weighted with a solid brass skirt collar, silicon skirt and translucent head bead, the Skirted Bait Harness adds a little more color and motion to that same graceful drop that plastics bring. Slap this lure up close to the shore structure and retrieve with a slow jigging motion pulling your rod tip up and then letting it drop. The skirt adds a graceful Bass appetizing motion. Repeat this pattern throughout the retrieve. Also works well pulling this lure from the top of Lilly Pads and other vegetation. |
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The Chatter Jig is one of the most versatile baits you can tie on your line. You can cast and retrieve this lure almost anywhere you'd use Weedless Spinners, or let it drop along sunken structure, humps and drop-offs and work it like a jig. The unique blade design gives this lure an erratic action that rings in Bass like a dinner bell. Work this lure for five minutes and you'll see why it's one of the most popular Bass lures on the market. Cast fairly tight along structure varying your retrieve speed and depths until you pick up the pattern of the fish. Because of it's versatility, this is a "go to" lure all season long. |
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