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These chunky shads from Calcutta come in handy re-sealable pouches. They look the part as well, especially the bigger ones with flared gills.
The hooks are nice and sharp straight out of the packet but are easy to touch up with a stone. You might say a shad’s a shad but these have a weighting system akin to a built in keel. We only had an hour to sling them around and while we had a couple of follows couldn’t provoke a take. One thing I did notice is the action is more subtle than a lot of rubber lures. To get the tail waggling required a fairly brisk, straight retrieve.
These come in four sizes – three, four, five and six inches – and 28 different colours. Each packet costs £ 5.95 and contains between four and six lures depending on size. See the Calcutta website for more.
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