I had a go with one at Bugatti and also at Bligh, both 135 models...for their weight they are pretty easy to work and get a really nice big pop out of I found. The paintwork and the foil on the sides does seem to take a battering pretty easily. It wasn't so much a problem for the first one I used at Bugatti as I lost it after 2 fish (that shallow spot near the bommie was just too sexy to pass up)...the one I used at Bligh only lasted 1 day before it was torn up badly and waterlogged....in fairness, it did catch a 35kg cod which inhaled/annhialated it, which took it from brand new to being ringbarked with a section of paint just stripped right off, plus a few 8-12kg cod, half a dozen 6-10kg trout, a 15kg GT and had 2 spaniards hit it.....so it was a kind of toothy day for it
I actually really liked casting and working them, but they are very expensive and I can't see myself going and buying a bag of them anytime soon when for every 2 of them I buy I could get 3 kongs or fisherman s-pops (I have an unhealthy obsession with the s-pop 160 hp tail).....
