SMDave
Well-known member
I am going to be reviewing the 3/4 oz. bucktail by SPRO.
1) The Design:
This is my favorite bucktail jig out there, and there is a reason why. First off, the head is shaped VERY naturally, and has VERY real looking eyes as well. The lead in the head is very compact; the head is relatively small for being a 3/4 oz. jighead. The skirt is very sturdy, and after countless fluke, stripers, stargazers, weakfish, crappies, and largies, along with smallies, I've only lost about 3 hairs each (I use different bucktails for saltwater and freshwater, but they are ALWAYS 3/4 oz.). The bucktail also comes with a beefy, already very sharp Gamakatsu hook. I have only lost maybe 2 fish in my two years of using this bucktail. When saltwater fishing, I always fish off jetties, which are just a long stretch of rocks, so as you can imagine, the head gets banged up a lot. However, only a small chips of paint come off. This is the toughest paint I've ever used.
10/10
2) Castability:
This is one of the best features of this bucktail. It will cast like a rocket! The jig doesn't even feel like a 3/4oz. jighead, as I usually use it on my soft plastic rods in freshwater (M action rods). You don't need to buy a special rod and line for this lure. A standard M action rod and monofilament will work perfectly.
9/10
3) Retrieve types:
You can use it like a regular bass jig, by slowly bouncing it off the ground, or you can swim it, twitch it, jig it under a dock by suspending it, swimming then stopping, yoyo retrieves, I've used them all, and all work equally as well, although I prefer to jig them and bounce them along the bottom for fluke and stargazers. All retrieves will work for bass though, and even so, swimming the bucktail right over the floor will work for fluke. For fluke, I like to either bounce it off the bottom, or swimming it right above the gound, with a strip of squid behind it.
10/10
For those of you that have never used a bucktail in freshwater, give it a shot and be surpirsed. Bucktails are one of my favorite lures for freshwater, and it IS my favorite for saltwater.
I like using the colors black shad, pink, white, and yellow bus. I always use pink for saltwater.
The lighter versions are also great under a bobber as a float-and-fly rig.
Overall: 29/30
Buy it!
1) The Design:
This is my favorite bucktail jig out there, and there is a reason why. First off, the head is shaped VERY naturally, and has VERY real looking eyes as well. The lead in the head is very compact; the head is relatively small for being a 3/4 oz. jighead. The skirt is very sturdy, and after countless fluke, stripers, stargazers, weakfish, crappies, and largies, along with smallies, I've only lost about 3 hairs each (I use different bucktails for saltwater and freshwater, but they are ALWAYS 3/4 oz.). The bucktail also comes with a beefy, already very sharp Gamakatsu hook. I have only lost maybe 2 fish in my two years of using this bucktail. When saltwater fishing, I always fish off jetties, which are just a long stretch of rocks, so as you can imagine, the head gets banged up a lot. However, only a small chips of paint come off. This is the toughest paint I've ever used.
10/10
2) Castability:
This is one of the best features of this bucktail. It will cast like a rocket! The jig doesn't even feel like a 3/4oz. jighead, as I usually use it on my soft plastic rods in freshwater (M action rods). You don't need to buy a special rod and line for this lure. A standard M action rod and monofilament will work perfectly.
9/10
3) Retrieve types:
You can use it like a regular bass jig, by slowly bouncing it off the ground, or you can swim it, twitch it, jig it under a dock by suspending it, swimming then stopping, yoyo retrieves, I've used them all, and all work equally as well, although I prefer to jig them and bounce them along the bottom for fluke and stargazers. All retrieves will work for bass though, and even so, swimming the bucktail right over the floor will work for fluke. For fluke, I like to either bounce it off the bottom, or swimming it right above the gound, with a strip of squid behind it.
10/10
For those of you that have never used a bucktail in freshwater, give it a shot and be surpirsed. Bucktails are one of my favorite lures for freshwater, and it IS my favorite for saltwater.
I like using the colors black shad, pink, white, and yellow bus. I always use pink for saltwater.
The lighter versions are also great under a bobber as a float-and-fly rig.
Overall: 29/30
Buy it!
