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martin brennan:

Gday, has anyone come across these relatively cheap stickbaits. They are made by River to Sea and for the money look pretty good!


http://www.river2seausa.com/t/rover230.html

They are good size and have decent owner hooks on them. I have seen them in the shops for just over $20. The body looks like it may crack/puncture with a big fish clamping down but for that price might be worth a shot?


cheers
martin

Brandon Khoo:
Martin, I think it is certainly worth a go. They're the right size and they look pretty good too.

Greg Burt:
I have had the small light tackle ones for a few years and like their action so I tried a couple of the big ones last week, casts really well and a has one of the best actions I have seen, walks the dog on retrieve and if you pause it will dive and roll as it darts side to side. One of mine is a transparent plastic with a reflective centre which looks awesome in the water, you can also see the sealed weights and rattle chamber.
They are plastic so how much they can take we will find out eventually, and the trebles are ST66 3/0's which is definitely to small on the belly and is passable on the tail, they worked well with big singles, also no through wire
Good for the money, I think :-\

Even Zest popper don't like hitting concrete bridges  :o ::)

Brandon Khoo:
Neither do Craftbaits or Orions.......

Stephen Polzin:
I got given one of the new R2S stickbaits the other day.  Looks very good.  Should be a lot tougher than the wooden stickbaits, just hope it works as good.  I changed the trebles over to 4/0's, but I reckon 5/0's wouldn't be too big. 

If this rain and wind ever stops I'll let you know how it works.

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