CAREFUL
WEIGHTING
REMOVABLE
TAIL SECTION
It’s made from durable rubber but
can wear or tear over time. Duel
provides one replacement tail
with each bait. an elongated tab
on the tail fits snugly into a rec-
tangular slot. Just slide the origi-
nal tail up and out, and press the
new one in until it locks in place.
Though it weighs 2 5/8 ounces, the
bait is engineered to sink slower
than a weightless wacky worm so it
can be fished slowly through the
upper water column and paused or
twitched around targets.
HEAVY-DUTY
JOINT
Body halves are joined with
durable steel components to avoid
breakage and allow the bait to flex
and swim appropriately for the
best action.
Performance Advice
Though not as heavy as some of the other
glide baits out there, at 2 5/8 ounces the
Twitch’n Glider is still a fairly big bait that
calls for a rod with some backbone and
length and a reel with some guts.
Based on my experience, here’s what I
recommend.
Rod: stick with something close to 8 feet
long with a heavy action rated for lines of 20-
pound test and heavier. The rod should have
a slow taper and fast action so it loads well
for making long casts and giving the bait
some action while providing enough cushion
to keep fish hooked up. I threw it on a Lew’s
custom speed stick series superDuty 3,
which is a 7-foot, 11-inch, fast-action rod,
and it performed nicely.
Reel: Your best bet is to upsize to a reel
with extra line capacity, stout gears, oversized
handle/grips and fairly slow gear ratio to help
winch big fish to the boat. The longer you play
a fish on a big glide bait, the more chance it
has to come unbuttoned. The shimano
calcutta conquest 300 series (5.6:1) is perfect,
as is the new low-profile shimano Tranx.
Line: Personal preference should factor
into your line choice, but consider that fluoro-
carbon is the heavy favorite among glide bait
junkies because of its limited stretch and low
visibility in clear water. Lines in the 20- to 25-
pound-test range get the call most often. You
can throw it on braid with a long leader, but
you have to be really careful of backlashes that
can cause the line to come tight and the heavy
bait to snap the line and sail into the lake.
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HITS & MISSES
+ Good price point
+ Built-in S-shaped gliding action on a steady
retrieve
+ Easy-to-achieve varied actions, including
180-degree turns
+ Heavy-duty construction
+ Replaceable tail section
+ Excellent color variety
+ Quality hooks
– A split ring at the line tie would be nice
APPLICATIONS
• Target clear water, since bass home in on the Twitch’n
Glider mostly by sight. It will draw strikes over deep water
if clarity is extremely high.
• Wind it parallel to docks, grass lines and shady edges, or
over submerged grass, rocky points, boulders and other
ambush points.
• Key on periods when big numbers of fish gravitate to the
shallows, such as spring and fall, especially on lakes known
for producing large bass.
• Use it as a search bait. Glide baits are known for drawing
out followers that you might not otherwise see. Though
they don’t always commit, the fish will reveal their locations.
DETAILS
Length: 7 inches
Colors: 10
Weight: 2 5/8 ounces Depth: 1 to 2 feet
MSRP: $39.99
Contact: yo-zuri.com ■
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