Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Fish Sniffer ISE Guide | Page 12
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JAN. 18 - FEB. 2, 2018
SACRAMENTO ISE
VOL. 37 • ISS. 03
The Evidence Is Clear:
Tasmanian Devils Catch Fish!
he Tasmanian Devil Lure came to
life in the late ‘70’s when the Wig-
ston Family of Australia decided to market
the lure that they first began developing in
the early ‘60’s.
Tasmanian Devil lures are hard to cate-
gorize. 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
movements of a panicked baitfish well. The
lures aren’t painted. Instead the color is
locked between 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 deadlier when casted and
retrieved. Tasmanian Devils are very
aerodynamic
so they cast
easily. On the
retrieve, im-
parting a few
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 An-
glers 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 bit