10 July 6- 20, 2018 VOL. 37 • ISS. 15
The Tasmanian Devil Lure came to life in the late‘ 70’ s when the Wigston Family of Australia decided 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
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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, imparting a few twitches of the
80 Color Combinations 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 2 lb. 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.
“ I fish 5 days a week. I was using a variety of rigs and lures. Then I halfheartedly tried the devils. I was beyond amazed at the 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.
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there are believers and there are scoffers. Do Apex Lures always work
for ocean salmon? No, nothing does, but I’ ve seen more than a few scoffers converted on days when kings wouldn’ t touch natural bait, but would absolutely freight train an Apex!
The vibrating and spinning action of the Apex is what makes it effective.
Golden State salmon generally feed on bait in the form of anchovies or herring.
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It is the active darting movements of the bait that ultimately attracts the salmon. The dodging and weaving of the baitfish creates strong vibrations and predators like salmon quickly detect these.
Yet these“ standard” vibrations may or may not trigger a strike. Research indicates that it’ s the erratic vibrations created by wounded or sick baitfish that really trigger the predatory response in salmon and other predators.
The Apex effectively duplicates the movements of a wounded baitfish. It’ s contoured scoop front surface causes a rapid side-to-side shaking action as it is trolled.
The Apex will also dart violently from side to side and will spin once in a while. These actions are triggers and are not duplicat- ed by any oth- er artificial lure.
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