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Whilst away, I was able to see a new plug, not totally new but, in the SW guise, extremely new indeed.
http://translate.googleusercontent....&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhjjuepZe_ulHBoboSpitbozjob3Rg
The photo's show the minnow bait which I thought was extremely well made but, it had those ubiquitous words 'suspender' and 'SW'..
Yea right, lets undo the packet and see eh.
I had just showed Nathan an Xrap holding beautifully at 1ft deep in the 8 deg water and then we hooked up this minnow, straight from the packet.
Jerked it down expecting the 'pop up like cork' response so usual with this style of plug when in salt, let alone colder salt water.
But, it very much slow floated, tail up.
In 8 degree's remember, so, in our normal ranges this plug should suspend just fine or, maybe very very slow float at around 12-15 degree's and
might suspend somewhere in there for long enough to be extremely useful. Obviously, no plug yet designed can handle the full temperature range so at 15 deg or warmer I'd expect this plug to slow sink.
Aside from the xrap10 and 12 which can be temperamental (some are great, some aren't) this new SW DEPS Balisong minnow stands alone
so far as the only far eastern plug to actually claim to be a suspender in salt water and it not be a false claim.
I understand they are like rocking horse poo right now and only in a limited colour range but when the new UK distributor gets in full swing,
hound him for one of these plugs as It'll save you alot of work.
http://translate.googleusercontent....&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhjjuepZe_ulHBoboSpitbozjob3Rg
The photo's show the minnow bait which I thought was extremely well made but, it had those ubiquitous words 'suspender' and 'SW'..
Yea right, lets undo the packet and see eh.
I had just showed Nathan an Xrap holding beautifully at 1ft deep in the 8 deg water and then we hooked up this minnow, straight from the packet.
Jerked it down expecting the 'pop up like cork' response so usual with this style of plug when in salt, let alone colder salt water.
But, it very much slow floated, tail up.
In 8 degree's remember, so, in our normal ranges this plug should suspend just fine or, maybe very very slow float at around 12-15 degree's and
might suspend somewhere in there for long enough to be extremely useful. Obviously, no plug yet designed can handle the full temperature range so at 15 deg or warmer I'd expect this plug to slow sink.
Aside from the xrap10 and 12 which can be temperamental (some are great, some aren't) this new SW DEPS Balisong minnow stands alone
so far as the only far eastern plug to actually claim to be a suspender in salt water and it not be a false claim.
I understand they are like rocking horse poo right now and only in a limited colour range but when the new UK distributor gets in full swing,
hound him for one of these plugs as It'll save you alot of work.