Season 2013 top shallow running lure

So here it is; basking in the warm glow of a successful bass catching season. This shallow runner was the go to lure of last season and it was the one that produced the most hits and hook ups.

It’s great in every sense; easy to cast with a smooth set of internal casting ball bearings and aero dynamic in flight. More dart like than lure like, as it goes through the air. Some lures, particularly the stuff from the cheaper end of the market will tumble as they fly and consequently lose momentum and therefore distance. Not this little beauty.

It’s a suspending lure and it swims at around 1.5m but this you can vary depending on your reel crank speed and the angle of your rod tip. The trick with this breed is to swim them slow. Crank in and once it hits wobble speed you are there. Its action is tight, vigorous and crisp (apologies for that as it sounds like I’m describing a Cabernet Sauvignon rather than a lure – am I becoming the Jilly Goulden of lure casting?).

The colour is very sprat like under water and it shows off a nice flash. Be careful though as I believe it’s all too much sparkle for clear water days. A bit like tinsel adorned Christmas trees in June – too flashy and way out of place. No she (and now I’ve given this lure a sex) is best on low visibility days and something around 1.5m to 2.0m is near perfect. She is however very happy with a dirty swim and she’s out the box quick if there is colour in the water.

It gets better. She talks, well at least rattles. The ever clever Japanese know how to load a lure with rattles and inside her you will find 2 types of and 4 sizes of, ball bearings. That could be a random decision by some guy in Tokyo but I’m prepared to believe that it’s more likely that science has shown Yiksi Tamoto (made up name) what works. There are lures whose rattles would only appeal to babies and snakes and there are lures that bass like. She (it’s about time I named her) is one of the latter.

She is the saltwater version (written as SW) of the Luckycraft Flash Minnow 110mm. I’ll leave the hunt for her colour up to you but look hard enough you’ll find it. I call her ‘trythisone’.