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Yakima Bait Company Releases New Fish Flash Colors
Yakima Bait Company has several lures and attractors that are well known to salmon and steelhead anglers . One of the most known is the Fish Flash , a triangle shaped in-line flasher that adds bright flash to attract salmon and steelhead from far distances . Because it
is an in-line flasher — meaning it doesn ’ t do a big circle like a standard flasher but instead spins on its axis and stays “ in line ” with the lure — it can be trolled at very slow speeds for species such as sockeye and pink salmon or fast for chinook , chum and coho . It is a top producer at the famed Buoy 10 fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River where
currents and tides clash but the Fish Flash keeps on working .
Now offered in new colors just in time for spring chinook . The dynamic colors include the Bermuda Triangle , Green Machine , Red October , Gold Digger , Cry Baby and Cream Sickle in the ever popular 8-inch size .
$ 11.99 yakimabait . com
Pro-Cure Water Soluble Scents
For anglers who use delicate lures such as marabou jigs or bucktail streamers adding scent is a sticky issue or it means going without because the gels and oils often interfere with the wispy action the marabou and bucktail impart to the lure not to mention it ruins them for later use .
I have had great success using Pro-Cure ’ s water soluble scent . It is still oil based but the oil used is soluble with water which means it mixes with water instead of repels it . Not only should jig and bucktail anglers be excited about these scents but other anglers too , as they are great for adding to your favorite egg cure or with a natural bait such as herring . When infused with eggs and baitfish , the additional scent “ clouds ” behind the bait creating a massive scent trail in the water .
$ 10.26 pro-cure . com
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