3540, RE: Identify this bait please... Posted by niKKo, Thu Mar-05-09 07:45 AM
> You definetly have some old school stuff there. > > I have a flexbait like the one you have pictured, just a >different pattern. I acquired it from a guy at my work and he >said it had been in his tackle box for years, he wasn't sure >where he got it. > > It's the early production run of the bait that Gregg Silks >(maker of the z-plug) and a few partners of his designed. They >only made a limited amount of them and made allot of changes >over the years only never to put them back into production. >Anyway, it's a pretty cool lure, Gregg said it's a killer >trolling bait. I haven't fished mine much,it doesn't have much >action except on a fast retrieve, which makes sense to troll >it. > > I thought I'd just hang on to it and see if it's worth >something in the future. > > Good info.....I remember buying the flexbait at a FHS. I paid 20 bucks for it. I couldn't believe I paid that much for a lure ....lol
And like you mentioned not much action. I threw it maybe 2 times. Now that trolling comment makes sense. Now I'm thinking it might make a good trolling lure up in the Sierras.
Thanks
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