SALAR
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Silver slugs..
I came across the above bait a few weeks ago in my local tackle shop(can never have enough spinners),they seem to be a cast off of the popular 'Rolla' flyin c,,the 'silver slugs' i got were in 16 and 22 gram(black and red tails),nice weights for different water levels,,,they have a large blade which is nicely weighted and spins in low and high waters,,the treble seemed ok and they do look a very nice bait in the water
there was a draw back for me and that was that the clevis was on plastic beads which tend to wear quickly and stops the clevis and blade rotating(clevis's are very temperamental things)but as the main body and tail looked good i didnt mind retying it and changing the plastic beads for some metal one,plus these baits are a couple of quid cheaper than the Rolla's so 30 seconds retying them seemed the way to go(changed the treble aswellconfidence thing),,it was when i cut the wire that the main problem with the bait came to light in my opioni cut the top eye and pulled the wire and treble out from the back end only to find that the loop eye on the back end only had a return of about 9mm,to be honest i wouldn't have any confidence in a eyelet return made this small as to me there is a chance of it pulling out especially on bigger lively fish,,
small eyelet return...
stump..
I came across the above bait a few weeks ago in my local tackle shop(can never have enough spinners),they seem to be a cast off of the popular 'Rolla' flyin c,,the 'silver slugs' i got were in 16 and 22 gram(black and red tails),nice weights for different water levels,,,they have a large blade which is nicely weighted and spins in low and high waters,,the treble seemed ok and they do look a very nice bait in the water
there was a draw back for me and that was that the clevis was on plastic beads which tend to wear quickly and stops the clevis and blade rotating(clevis's are very temperamental things)but as the main body and tail looked good i didnt mind retying it and changing the plastic beads for some metal one,plus these baits are a couple of quid cheaper than the Rolla's so 30 seconds retying them seemed the way to go(changed the treble aswellconfidence thing),,it was when i cut the wire that the main problem with the bait came to light in my opioni cut the top eye and pulled the wire and treble out from the back end only to find that the loop eye on the back end only had a return of about 9mm,to be honest i wouldn't have any confidence in a eyelet return made this small as to me there is a chance of it pulling out especially on bigger lively fish,,small eyelet return...
stump..
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