Some great things happen by an accident. We avarded hundredth who liked spineri.com on our facebook profile and it turned out he makes jerkbait gliders which he promised to send when finished. We promised we´ll put them ona test, and if they satisfy, we´ll make presentation here. As you can see, we are satisfied, and some more. In Drago´s own words, all started in late nineties when Drago and his friend Nikola saw Rapala Shallow shad rap in fishing magazine. It was nowhere to be bought, so they made it! 25 years later, first jerkbaits are coming out from a these 2 manufacture. They started with 2 models: Ragnarok and Smaug. Both of them are hand made out of linden tree, they are 4 times coated, hand painted, and protected by an epoxy resin at the end.

Ragnarok found his name in Norse mythology, Ragnarok is a series of future events, including a great battle between gods and giants, a battle in which everybody gets killed, and almost all world is destroyed. In reality, Ragnarok is 15 cm (6 inches) long and 50 g ( 1 ¾ oz) heavy glider which will ´destroy´ pike. According to Drago, customers will be able to choose exact decor in the future. Ragnarok itself has a great glide, a good body roll and belly flash and makes a lot of mess in a little space. It´s not a ordinary way to use a glider, but this one can be twiched with sharp, short quick downsnaps of a rod tip. That way it shows it´s belly and flickers while it sinks between snaps.

Pikey Smaug is named after one of the last big dragons of Middle-earth, which can be seen these days in theaters in the Hobbit. Even if you’re not Tolkien´s fan, you should pay attention on Smaug. With his respectable dimensions, 20 cm (8 inches) and 65 g (2 ¼ oz), Smaug represents serious lure, or a nice meal, if you ask pike. It imitates a small pike with its shape and therefore is somewhat unconventional in the world of gliders. Due to the shape of the body that easily cuts thru water, it has really nice action and it is easy to get it to ´walk the dog´ under surface. Its glides can be as a meter long if you work it slowly. If you work it faster, it can have as much as a 3-4 side to side glides in one square meter. If you work it with shorter and sharper jerks, it works only a couple of centimetres under surface. That makes it usable even in a shallow water, as well as in waters with lots of vegetation which often holds a good pike population. You can let it sink as well if you´re fishing in deeper water.

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Smaug is manufactured in 2 decors for a start. It has great belly flash and in combination with wide glide, it lures pike from greater distances. What you need for casting these baits, is a short extra heavy action rod. It takes only a little effort to make them glide, because they are very well tuned. Both can be retrieved steadilly as well, in that way they produce ´S´ kind of an action, especially Smaug. Considering these baits are 100% hand made, be ready to wait for them for a couple of days, or weeks. These lures deserve it by all means. First test models already swim in waters of Croatia, Denmark, England, Sweden and so on and as we hear, first impressions are positive. As Drago says, ´Our goal is to make lures with good catching ratio all over the world by testing our baits in the waters of region, as well as in other parts of the world´. We have no doubt that Sipac jerk manufacture will accomplish their goal.

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