A while back I put up a review of Shimano’s Maki Rubber bladed swim jig. I freakin’ love that thing, but they’re about as hard to come by as a picture of KVD fishing a wacky worm.
Ever since I was introduced to the Maki Rubber I’ve been on a quest to do three things:
1.) Find a way to purchase more Makis
2.) Figure out how to make my own
3.) Find a replacement bait or something that comes close
I’ve completely struck out on objectives 1 and 2, but I may have made some headway on number 3, today. I was on TackleWarehouse.com looking for some Owner twistlock flippin’ hooks (bad@$$ hooks, by the way) and I noticed a fancy little rig, also made by Owner, called a Flashy Swimmer.
The Flashy Swimmer is basically a weighted swimbait hook with the added pizazz of a free-swinging spinner blade arm on the underside of the head. I’m thinking I could add a punch skirt to this thing and just might be able to pull off a Maki look-alike. Granted, it won’t have the same exact action as the Maki, but with the right swimbait, I think it has promise.
I’m about to order a few and after I fish with them for a while I’ll put up a review. Has anybody out there fished with the Flashy Swimmer? I’d love to hear your impressions.
Alex
March 28, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Shimano also makes a finesse version of the original in 3.5g and 5g (~1/8oz and .175oz, respectively).
MSPbass
March 30, 2011 at 10:39 am
I am so looking forward to this review.
3Times
March 30, 2011 at 11:40 am
You may have luck catching the bass fish with these in bass rich dams.
Sol
September 23, 2011 at 10:20 am
I just discovered these a few days ago. Caught two 17″ Flounder and a 22″ Redfish with them paired with a Gulp! Ghost Shrimp in the New Penny color on a brackish tributary of the St. Johns river in Jacksonville, FL. Haven’t used them for freshwater.
http://www.strike-zonefishing.com/gulp/3-ghost-shrimp/berkley-gulp-3-ghost-shrimp-new-penny