When I was asked to write a short text about
Duo Lures for
friendly Croatian web site spineri.com, I was searching my memory for some of the
moments from now
already several years hanging out with these toys,
that are created for us who can’t grow up and still
love to play in the sand and the water. I
remember the date 26.07.2011 when
I received e-mail from
Martin, the manager of Duo Lures sales in
which was the phrase "... and would
like to ask you if you can consider reporting
about our lures on
your blog". At that time I
was receiving a lot of e-mails
from around the world as a reaction to
my blog fishingincroatia.blogspot.com
, and that mail made me very
happy. Soon I had the
opportunity to fish with first Duo Lures samples and now
after few years of experiences I made a list of my favorites.
First Duo lure with whom I had the opportunity to fish was Duo Ryuki sinking 5 cm small toy. This little guy hunts various types of fish: perch, asp, chub, and is ideal for trout fishing in highland parts of the rivers, with rapids. Ryuki swim very nice in fast water and it is productive when sink trough the water levels. I believe this was one of the most popular Duo lures at all, and today is produced in various sizes, recently also in floating version. I think it's difficult to find light spinner angler here in Croatia who didn’t fish trout with this lure.
If I have to choose one Duo lure which is like my "all-round" favorite, then it is Duo Moab 120F. "Mother of All Baits", partly deserves such noble name, because literally it hunt all important predatory fish: pike, zander, asp, bluefish, chub and bass. Its advantage is hunting in the shallow zone above the watery grass and near the surface. It respond nice to the rod work, and fish like to hit it in the pause. When it is retrieved slowly and continuously below the surface it is one of the best hard lures for pike perch, believe me. The strongest color is Neo Pearl, great for all lighting conditions.
The lack In Duo lures offer are lures made for pike spinning. Definitely I miss the big swimbait lures and some silicone lures as well. Yet despite all the other “pike” designed lures from other brands that I threw over the years, my personal record - pike of 107 cm was achieved with Duo Realis Jerkbait 120 model. The entire series is designed for bass, but this lure and some other like Moab 120F, are great pike lure too. Recently there's the deep runner DR Jerkbait version with a length of 10 cm.
Topwater lures and
that madness of cooking water at the surface, whether it's about asp, bluefish
or sea bass, are the cause of cardiac arrhythmia's in anglers. Due to the
attractiveness and visual experience that is one of the most exciting forms of
lure fishing, but sometimes the right action takes place a few feet’s too far
away and out of reach. Therefore Duo Bay Ruf Manic 115 is flying
extraordinarily far. You can work on the surface with a lot of noise and
splashing, or softly with small tiny action, depends to the target fish like
asp, bluefish or sea bass. This is required lure for Adriatic in my case.
For the end of
this presentation, during which I have undeservedly bypass many models (like
Tide Minnow Sprint 75 or Duo Realis Popper 64), here are my personal favorite
lures for river rapids and barbell fishing. Duo Realis Shad 59 series hides
three models different in length and beak and can reach different depths. This
is why I love them, because depending on the flow of the river and the depth of
the place where I fish, with one of these three models I can hit the real
action. Favorite color again is neo pearl, especially effective in slightly
blurred water.
