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Product Review |
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September 8, 2003 |
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Smithwick Lures |
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Smithwick® 5½" Limited Rogue No one stands apart like a Smithwick Rogue fisherman. He knows what he wants and he’s not afraid to say it. That’s why Smithwick decided to bring back the 5½" Rogue.
It didn’t take long for the message to get through that Smithwick anglers wanted this big fish bait back on the market. Not only is Smithwick bringing the 5½" Rogue back, it is bringing it back in its edition of Limited Rogues. The 5½" Suspending Limited Rogue offers Rogue fishermen another member of the Rogue family that will cast efficiently, present a large profile in the water and maintain the signature roll that has made the name Rogue synonymous with jerkbaits.
The 5½" Limited Rogue was designed for the avid angler looking for the "extra" advantage. Smithwick's "Limited" decoration includes scale backs, gill plates, predator eyes, metalized bodies and realistic features. The combination of refined paint schemes and bright plated bodies creates an unmatched lifelike depth and flash.
Add that to the Rogue’s fish-catching action, awesome paint schemes and premium, ultra-sharp Gamakatsu® hooks and you have a product befit of the type of angler who fishes it. The Limited Rogue was designed for the avid angler looking for that "extra" advantage.
Now, "extra" comes in two
sizes with the introduction of the 5½" Suspending Limited Rogue.
The 5½" Limited Rogue offers anglers another member of the
Rogue family that will cast efficiently, present a large profile in the
water
Comes in 10 colors.
About $7.99
501-782-8971
Available Online www.smithwicklures.com
Smithwick® Mr. Walleye 3½" Rattlin’ Rogue© No one knows walleye like the man who bears their name. Gary Roach, Mr. Walleye© himself, has a lifetime of walleye secrets to share. Recently, he gave 12 of them to Smithwick.
Roach visited the Smithwick plant and added his 12 perfect walleye colors to the lure with the perfect walleye action - the 3½" Smithwick Rattlin' Rogue. Walleyes can be particular about a bait, and so was Roach when it came to designing his colors. He and Smithwick's color technicians went through a painstaking process of creating the perfect colors to match every water situation in every region of the country. You'll see it was worth the effort.
The 3½" Rattlin' Rogue
has the perfect size and action to catch walleyes. Now it has the perfect
colors as well. The Rattlin' Rogue has long been one of Mr. Walleye’s
secret weapons. Its loud fish-attracting rattles and wounded-minnow action
have been quietly used for years by savvy walleye anglers who have done
their best to keep the
Comes in 12 colors.
About $5.95
501-782-8971
Available Online www.smithwicklures.com
Smithwick® Rattlin’ Rogue Smithwick’s Rattlin' Rogues are equipped with loud fish-attracting rattles and a wounded-minnow action that produces explosive strikes year-round. Rattlin’ Rogues are equally effective whether cast or trolled. The eye-catching, fish-enticing Rattlin’ Rogue colors have been carefully designed to match the various model’s specific specie use. Be sure to consult the color listing for the specific models.
The ADRB comes in 7 colors. The ARB comes in 13 colors. The ARA comes 5 colors
About $4.99
501-782-8971
Available Online www.smithwicklures.com
Smithwick® Suspending Rattlin’ Rogue
The Smithwick Suspending
Rattlin' Rogue is the original suspending minnow lure. Each model is
carefully designed and engineered to run true and to suspend right out of
the package…no more drilling and weighting needed to get these great lures
to suspend.
The ASDRB comes in 13 colors. The ASSRB comes in 9 colors.
About $5.29
501-782-8971
Available Online www.smithwicklures.com |
Smithwick® Menendez Rattlin’ Rogue
The Smithwick 4 ½”
Suspending Rattlin’ Rogue is one of the
top performing spring-time bass tournament lures of all time. That’s why
Mark Menendez has personally designed six “super hot” colors for
springtime Rogue fishing. Mark knows a few things about throwing Rogues,
as he won the 2000 B.A.S.S. Alabama Invitational by utilizing a Suspending
Rattlin’ Rogue. Now you can “Set Yourself Apart” with the same colors that
Mark Menendez ad springtime bass just can’t resist!
Comes in 6 colors
About $4.99
501-782-8971
Available Online www.smithwicklures.com
Smithwick® Super Rogue The Floating Smithwick Super Rogue is a multi-purpose minnow lure that can be utilized as a jerkbait, crankbait or trolling lure. The integral paddle allows the Floating Super Rogue to run true right out of the box. A favorite big fish bait for walleye anglers early in the season, the Floating Super Rogue is distinguished by its unique yellow eyes.
Because it is a floater, the Floating Super Rogue will "back out" of potential hang-ups and snags. The floating action also allows it to be utilized as a topwater lure.
ADRD comes in 8 colors ADRE comes in 6 colors
About $4.99
501-782-8971
Available Online www.smithwicklures.com
Smithwick® Suspending Super Rogue
The Suspending Super Rogue
is the premier "jerkbait"…one that will always run true every time whether
cast or trolled. The lure also features a unique counter-balance weighting
system that allows the weight to shift to the rear of the lure when
casting, thus producing longer more accurate casts. This Rogue model
boasts an exclusive scale pattern, patented 3-D eyes and is designed and
engineered to run true and suspend right out of the package.
ASDRD comes in 13 colors ASDRE comes in 6 colors
About $4.99
501-782-8971
Available Online www.smithwicklures.com
Smithwick® Devil’s Horse The Devil’s Horse is a classic, prop-equipped, handcrafted wood lure. The unique buoyancy of wood, combined with two carefully balanced, surface-churning propellers, duplicates the unique commotion of fleeing shad to produce rod-busting strikes from surface feeding fish.
AF100 comes in 12 colors AF200 comes in 8 colors
About $4.99
501-782-8971
Available Online www.smithwicklures.com
Smithwick® Spoonbill Super Rogue The Spoonbill Super Rogue is the deep-running version of the popular Super Rogue. It features a reinforced, super-tough, built-in paddle to insure true-running action whether trolling or casting. The Spoonbill Super Rogue boasts a unique precision designed brass rattle system with a steel ball rattle. The Spoonbill Super Rogue also features a realistic molded-in fish scale finish and Smithwick’s patented 3-D eye for added fish-catching power. The Flash Spoonbill Super Rogue is decorated with the hottest up-to-date trolling color combinations and each bait is dressed with red hooks to tempt even the most fickle walleye or salmon.
ASRD comes in 6 colors ASSRD comes in 6 colors ASSRDF comes in 12 colors
About $5.99 – 7.99
501-782-8971
Available Online www.smithwicklures.com
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Set Yourself Apart
In about 1947, when I was a young lad, my dad began carving lures cut from the handles of brooms my mother kept around the house. It first began as a hobby. Dad was a salesman for a local business machine company and he began giving these prized, hand-crafted lures to his business machine customers to set himself apart from other salesmen. What started as a sales promotion move soon grew into an activity that began to occupy most of his “spare time.” Soon, tired of buying new brooms, and banished from the kitchen when mother thought he was looking for another one, dad felt compelled to move his hobby to the garage and begin purchasing wood for his lures from a local lumber yard.
In 1949, fishermen, learning of the success others had enjoyed with dad’s handmade lures, began hounding him to purchase the lures in larger numbers. It was this demand that made him realize that this lure business was getting serious. Soon after that realization, he took his first steps to “mass produce” his lures by purchasing a small wood lathe from Sears, Roebuck and company and moved it into his garage shop.
The first lure to be produced with this new “mass production” equipment was the renowned “Devil’s Horse.” Since most anglers used level-wind style reels, dad designed the Devil’s Horse first as a heavier, slow-sinking lure, one that was easy to cast with these reels. Later, with the advent of spinning and spin-cast reels, he began to turn out a lighter, floating model of this now locally popular and productive lure.
The growth of the Smithwick Lure Company is legendary. From its humble beginnings in my family’s kitchen in 1947 to its sprawling manufacturing facilities today, the lures have become the favorites of generations of anglers. The continued development of new lures, new colors and the latest in lure finish technology is a tribute to the foresight my father, Jack K. Smithwick, demonstrated back in 1947. All of us at the Smithwick Lure Company are proud of the standards he established for quality, value and performance, all attributes anglers have come to know and expect from Smithwick Lures for over six decades. This is how he set himself apart. Set yourself apart ― with Smithwick.
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