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

Vol. 36 - Iss. 15 18 2017 July Pg. 7 - 21, 22 July 7 - 21, 2017 VOL.36 • ISS. 15 Run A 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. !"#$%&'()*)+,-./#")*)!,-0'( result. I troll at 1.3 mph. The lures did the rest. I boated 19 rainbows t the first day. The catch rate has been beyond all my expectations. I’ve boated browns, rainbows and salmon. This lure works, and has definitely become the first lure I tie on in the morning,”-Jay F. “A fellow trout fisherman intro- duced me to the Tasmanian Devil lure. They are Australia’s number one selling freshwater lure. The lure is very castable thanks to the lead core. They are also very dura- ble and the color does not wear off since it is encapsulated in the plas- tic body. The lure is also versatile to rig since you can easily remove the standard wire insert with treble hook. An alternate rig I use is to thread my line though the lure and through a plastic bead, then tie on a single hook. This allows me to fish it in trout waters where trebles are prohibited,”-Don S !"#!$%&'(")*$+,-.$)/0& 314"$-&&5$(&/) 0-&2"12$("+$#1"%&( +1(),