– THE NEW NAME IN QUALITY LURES –
INTRODUCTION
If like me and many other lure-anglers (if the prices they fetch on eBay are anything to go-by!), you have been bemoaning the demise of Rapala’s small & medium-sized, jointed sinking (CountDown) minnows, and have been searching for alternatives, rejoice ! I have found some ace alternatives, the Kovmasters Wobblers PTL Spoder Doubles ….
After a tip-off from my friend Janos, in Hungary, I finally located KOVMASTERS, lure-manufacturers of near-perfection, and, lo-and-behold, among their very extensive range of plugs, I discovered their Kovmasters Wobbler PTL Spider Double, a range of jointed sinking minnows in a huge range of colours ! Eureka!
Kovmasters, masters of lure-making
Å tefan Kovác, the man behind Kovmasters, has been making lures for sometime now but is relatively unknown outside his home country. When he assured me that his lures were made to perfection, to equal or better anything-else on the market, I ordered some immediately and eagerly awaited them, to see if Å tefan was exaggerating … most definitely he was not !
I should say, at the outset, that with Kovmasters Wobblers, we are talking about medium to small, and even tiny, plugs, the largest being around 16 cm and the smallest only 3 cm.
Jointed Countdown Minnows
So, having got some of these lovely little Wobblers in my hot sweaty hands, it makes-sense for me to describe them first. Let’s take the smallest in this range, the 7cm PTL Spider Double wobbler: in fact it’s only 6.5 cm long, which for me, is a bonus. It weighs 5.7 gm has an enticing wiggle and sinks slowly, so it’s a nice replacement for the much-missed (by me anyway) Rapala CDJ-7.
Here’s a Table of the whole range of PTL Spider Double Wobbler jointed sinking minnows:-
|
PTL Spider Double |
Length |
Sinking |
|
1. |
7cm |
7g |
|
2. |
9cm |
10g |
|
3. |
13cm |
14g |
|
4. |
16cm |
18g |
Jointed Floating Diving Minnows
Fans of floating, diving, jointed minnows will be relieved to hear that Kovmasters also have a lovely range of plugs for them too, viz.
|
PTL Spider Double |
Length |
Floating/Depth Of Dive |
|
1. |
7cm |
6gm / 1.2m |
|
2. |
9cm |
8gm / 1.5m |
|
3. |
13cm |
12g / 2.5m |
|
4. |
16cm |
15g / 2.5m |
There are many other Wobblers in the Kovmasters range and each type has a huge range of colours, far too numerous to describe in detail here, so if you want more info, why not contact Å tefan Kovác himself kovmasters@kovmasters.sk (mention Anglersnet) or have a browse of his website ……
KOVMASTERS ESOX
Good fishing !
John Worzencraft
