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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Andrew Poulos on August 27, 2008, 10:00:44 PM
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Hi all,
Was poking around the net and found some lures under the name of Heru that look like the Blackjack lures that we can buy in Aus. Are these the same lures or something else? The colours are different to the AU versions but shape is the same.
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those colours look awesome, where can you buy these?
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Exclusive colours for different markets...
I believe Heru is the original brand - I am sure Jon would be able to comment further.
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I saw these on another forum, and also found ones that looked identical to what we get here, but from a site that was in spanish.(seawood something or other). So wasnt sure who really made the blackjacks.
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beautiful colour there what a good find :o. i would like to get those colour ;). yeah as far i didn,t like the colour that we get in aust >:( . as i used to buy the striper colour :-X .
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Hi guys, I have a few of these in my posession and from as far as i can tell they are all the same as the blackjacks and nomads, just a slightly different paint scheme and brand name.
They all swim the same and such, the only thing was that the paint is not as bright as whats in the pictures still good tho ;)
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but do these Heru lures use the same holographic patches/stickers under the paint jobs? They look like they do, but somehow the holographic foil stuff seems like a different pattern to the Nomad/Blackjack lures.
Gee, they look great though. 8)
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Same Stickbait - different colours again
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And here is a few more Heru's in different colours
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Greg are those your,s ??
i haven,t seen the coloured cubera before oh that is interesting
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Greg, are those older ones before they got onto the reflective tape under the paint? I see the others are Adhek lures how do they go?
Cheers
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It amazes me the weird lures that are out there.
Maybe we should have an "Obscure Lure Competition"
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Great looking lure... does anyone know where we can buy these?
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Heru lures are coloured differently for different markets. Some use the holographic stickers whereas others do not.
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Excuse my limited knowledge on popping....looking at those lures some of them have similar shape as the one that Adhek Bali produced....the one on the top left side similar to Pompom and the second from bottom right side similar to Gecko.....Are most poppers have similar shape although they produced from different producer?....
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Adhek lures and Heru lures do not look alike. If you had them side by side, you would be able to see that.
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Excuse my limited knowledge on popping....looking at those lures some of them have similar shape as the one that Adhek Bali produced....the one on the top left side similar to Pompom and the second from bottom right side similar to Gecko....
Bwanna, those are Adhek lures you picked in the photo, 2 Goby stick-baits, a Pompom and a Gecko.
Brandon, are you still having your seeing the picture problems on you computer??
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And while we're on the subject..........some more pretty cuberas.
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hello everyone, heru's popper and stick bait are from gombong central java's, indonesian origins, but i dont know which one were first made,nomad's or heru's or even the same products.
since popping was booming here (indonesia) there many indonesian craftsman made some poppers (adhek's , heru's, hany's, hooky's , yanto's and many more ) and some were traded by nets ,included herus's which were traded by [URL removed by admin].
alls these poppers were solid mahogany woods, and (IMHO) cheaps in local indonesian currency ( except adhek's the others are below 15 usd, even some products are around 5 usd )
I have tried them all, ( and lost them too ;D ) and landed some 20+ GT's
(IMHO )they were much stronger than the plastic based one which an 20 kg + gt can crush the plastic models easily )
MOD EDIT: removed link. Fish Head stocks these items ;)
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Here's a selection of GT Mania, Cubera, Ulua and Wahoo lures from Heru. Bought these on a "take what comes" basis at different times and as you can see I've ended up with quite a variety of colours!
I enjoy looking at my toys but many years of fishing have convinced me that colour is usually way less important than action.