Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3615 July 7-21 2017 | Page 22

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The Verdict Is In! Tasmanian Devils Catch Fish!
“I fish 5 days a week. I was
Kwikfish Xtreme
he Tasmanian Devil Lure and retrieved. Tasmanian Devils
using
a variety of rigs and lures.
are very aerodynamic so
came to
Then I half heartedly tried the
they
cast
easily.
On
the
And Get Aggressive With River Kings life
in the late
devils. I was beyond amazed at the
retrieve, imparting a few
‘70’s when the
T
here are two types of crank- strike or get out of the way. Their
aggressive action forces a response
baits in the world, those
from fish, often generating the most
with a tight baitfish shimmy, and
savage strikes imaginable.
the Kwikfish!
Of course these lures aren’t only for
Kwikfish are full-throttle,
big river run kings. Small sizes tar-
wide-action, leave-no-doubt
get trout, the middle range steelhead
lures that challenge salmon to
and silver salmon, and the largest
king salmon and
lunker lake trout.
For maximum
success, tune the
screw eye on the
face of the plug to
achieve an even
side-to-side ac-
tion. Using small
adjustments, turn
the screw eye
in the opposite
direction that the
lure is favoring,
until it tracks
straight.- www.
rapala.com
T
Wigston Family
of Australia de-
cided to market
the lure that
they first began
developing in the
early ‘60’s.
Tasmanian
Devil lures are
hard to categorize. They aren’t
really a plug and they certainly
aren’t a spoon either.
What is certain is that the
lures have a seductively erratic
action that mimics the move-
ments of a panicked baitfish
well. The lures aren’t painted.
Instead the color is locked be-
tween the layers of clear plastic
that make up the lure body. This
way the colors never get dull or
chipped.
The lures work great when
trolled and they are even deadli-
er when casted
twitches of the rod tip
causes the lure to dip, dive
and act generally wounded.
This is the kind of abrupt
movement that triggers
strikes from predatory
gamefish particularly fish
like trout and landlocked
salmon that prey of baitfish
such as shad and pond smelt.
Here’s What Anglers Have To Say…
“I recently bought this lure went
to go after Rainbows. There were
5 or 6 people fly fishing and a few
fishing with eggs on the bottom.
Everyone I talked to said nothing
was biting. I threw in Taz first cast
a 2lb Rainbow. Within 45 min I
had 5 Trout and was headed home.
Everyone looked in shock and
People even came up and asked to
buy any extra lures I had on me.”
– Tom S.
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result. I troll at 1.3 mph. The lures
did the rest. I boated 19 rainbows
t the first day. The catch rate has
been beyond all my expectations.
I’ve boated browns, rainbows and
salmon. This lure works, and has
definitely become the first lure I tie
on in the morning,”-Jay F.
“A fellow trout fisherman intro-
duced me to the Tasmanian Devil
lure. They are Australia’s number
one selling freshwater lure. The
lure is very castable thanks to the
lead core. They are also very dura-
ble and the color does not wear off
since it is encapsulated in the plas-
tic body. The lure is also versatile
to rig since you can easily remove
the standard wire insert with treble
hook. An alternate rig I use is to
thread my line though the lure and
through a plastic bead, then tie on
a single hook. This allows me to
fish it in trout waters where trebles
are prohibited,”-Don S
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