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| I have read a lot about TI rods but what about their lures? Seem like good prices. |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | I like the Super and Mega Ds, Also their super ciscos are good crank and twitch baits. But that is the only experience I have with any of their baits. I am interested to try one of those 16" grunts though |
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Location: Minneapolis | Trolled the grunt a little bit last season and it has awesome action on it, unlike any other lure. Hopefully it will have teeth marks in it this season. |
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| I have used just about every lure he makes. They all are very well built and have great action. I am really fond of the nokken for casting or trolling as well as the Cisco, and spinnerbaits. I want to try thetubes out still. Super D,s of all sizes are awesome as well. I am hoping he does a tin tail or multiple tail version eventually. |
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| we use their 8 and 11oz D's and their bucktails. good baits at great prices made by good people. |
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| they can be compared to many lures.
kind of like mountain dew and mountain drop or dr pepper and mr pibb. |
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Location: Northern New Jersey | my buddy caught a ski on the hairy plopper last year with the first cast he took with it |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Gobble! - 3/19/2013 8:34 PM
I have read a lot about TI rods but what about their lures? Seem like good prices.
Hi Gobble,
In short my philosophy on lures was, "build a better mouse trap and charge a fair price". You will notice some of my lures are similar in appearance to the originals but many of the lures I redesigned the guts. Good example is my SuperD line. My first generation SuperD was to improve price but they fell a part like others in the industry. I soon realized a good price did not really do anything if the lure was crap. I designed a full body coil harness for the SuperD lures to really lock the plastisol body onto the harness system and walla, a swimbait lure that can boat multiple fish and still be used. Another good example was my Super Cisco. For this lure I saw a few similar balsa wood lures being made but after some research I found that fish like musky, tarpon, durado, etc can literally break a balsa lure like this in half. A little materials testing and I found that a lure made with high impact ABS could withstand about any abuse any fish can dish out. I can even pound nails into boards with a lure made form ABS. A little tweaking with the internal weights and body design and the lure ran great. Similar stories on my other lures too as well as my musky rods. I could charge more but it was hard for me to start fishing musky due to the cost of the sport. My vision is to make quality tackle for a good price so everyone can fish. The funny thing is, in this economy I figured I was not going to do well but last year we grew the Tackle Industries business significantly and I think its due to our customer service, price structure and quality. I know many will say "you get what you pay for" but I hope many realize that sometimes you get a lot more... 
James |
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| NextBite - 3/19/2013 10:06 PM
I have used just about every lure he makes. They all are very well built and have great action. I am really fond of the nokken for casting or trolling as well as the Cisco, and spinnerbaits. I want to try thetubes out still. Super D,s of all sizes are awesome as well. I am hoping he does a tin tail or multiple tail version eventually.
Diddo. I too hope a double tail is in the works. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Re: "double tail"
Personally I really like the Rubber Hairy Tackle double tail. Its one of those areas that right now... I see a lure that fills the gap very well. I would like to make one someday but right now I have 5 other lure lines in mind that might fill a gap with more market/sales for me.
One lure I just got ready is a small 10" tube. Tubby Jr lives! I just need to get it in the hands of my retailers now |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | James has great products at a fair price. |
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| I have 5 different brands of double 10's and James' are hands down the easiest to start spinning with a simple retrieve. 1 well known brand often requires a quick pull of the rod to start spinning. |
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| Tackle Industries has top notch rods and lures and its customer service is first class and awesome !!!
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | TI lures are great. Good lures, good prices. They came into the market at a time when another lure company was selling "junk" ie split rings that could be easily pulled apart and harnesses that came out after a dozen casts. |
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Location: Northern New Jersey | Tackle Industries - 3/20/2013 1:16 PM
One lure I just got ready is a small 10" tube. Tubby Jr lives! I just need to get it in the hands of my retailers now ;)
HUBBA HUBBA, hey James, if you need any testing done I think I know a guy.....lol. Look forward to seeing that one! |
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Location: Sussex, NJ | Yeah the hairy plopper catches fish  |
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| He seems to have the lures dialed in can't wait to use the super shads,twitchers & nokkens. I bought all the right colors and now that I am retired I will be trying them out on Mille and the V this year. I had good luck with the lures I have purchased from him in the past! fair prices the right colors! |
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Location: Okoboji | hunter - 3/21/2013 1:58 AM
He seems to have the lures dialed in can't wait to use the super shads,twitchers & nokkens. I bought all the right colors and now that I am retired I will be trying them out on Mille and the V this year. I had good luck with the lures I have purchased from him in the past! fair prices the right colors!
thought you were throwing frenchies all year |
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Location: plant earth | Great stuff all around I bought a few and the price is great. They are worth a try for sure. |
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Location: Twin Cities | I've had good luck with the Super D's. |
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Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-) | I have had success on the super ciscos and super/mega D's.The kids have a couple new rods we can't wait to try out. Going to pick up a few more baits at the MN show. |
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| I caught my first two muskies on a TI double 10, nickel blades/rainbow skirt. I've also caught some big pike on the Nokken, but no muskie action yet. When I look at your website now a nickel/black style color combo is no longer available for blades. Why do you not offer what is arguably the most popular blade color of all time?
That's my only complaint! James' prices on double 10's are outstanding though. |
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