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Grape Crush

Posted 1/21/2009 2:53 AM (#356326)
Subject: #9 blades

Posts: 4

I've got a number of bucktails with the size 10 blades and the appropriate equipment to throw them, but I'm wondering about #9 blades. I have no 9's. The manufacturers market them as being just like the 10 but much easier to pull. Is this true? Can I pull them for 5 hours at a time over several days without blowing up my Curado 300, or do I need to use my bigger rigs ... or smaller blades? I love the Curado, and want to use it as much as I can, but I don't want to ruin it when I've got supposedly sturdier equipment.

Thanks.
Greg

mota

Posted 1/21/2009 5:28 AM (#356329 - in reply to #356326)
Subject: Re: #9 blades

if they are real #9 i think there will be no problem
i say real because #10 are really not the right # they must be called 12 or 13

Keith Eldrup

Posted 1/21/2009 7:09 AM (#356334 - in reply to #356326)
Subject: RE: #9 blades

Posts: 120

Hi
Our # 9 blades are about 30% smaller than the DC-10 #10's
We made these blades to fill the gap between the standard #8 Colorado’s and the standard #10 Blade. We also received feedback from the guides we work with that some of their clients had a tough time using the 10's all day. Our DC-9’s are close to the size of the 10’s so you still get the big profile with less pull. So to answer your question you shouldn’t have any problems using a “standard musky combo’, the Curado might be a little light of a reel. I have used similar types of reels with our DC-8’s with no problem.
DC-10, 9, 8 for comparison.

Keith
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sworrall

Posted 1/21/2009 8:16 AM (#356340 - in reply to #356326)
Subject: Re: #9 blades

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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin

I used a DC9 on the Goon last year and found ti to be easy to pull, the fish liked it more than just a little, and the thing is tough. I caught a large number of 30" plus Pike on that lure, and it held up really well.

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