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THE NEW NAME IN QUALITY LURES —
Reviewed by John Worzencraft
Edited by Nick Caine
INTRODUCTION
by Managing
Editor, Nick Caine
We’re
sure that many of you will have read some of leading lure-angler Big John
Worzencraft's many other articles elsewhere on the 'Net, his excellent chapters
in Charlie Bettell's book "The Art of Lure-fishing", and his reviews
and articles in monthly angling magazines etc.
Now, I happen to know for a fact that for a long time John has been bemoaning the demise of Rapala's small, jointed sinking (CountDown) minnows and has been searching for alternatives.
After a tip-off from his friend Janos, in Hungary, John finally located KOVMASTERS, lure-manufacturers of near-perfection, and, lo-and-behold, among their very extensive range of plugs, John discovered their Kovmaster PTL Spider Double, a range of jointed sinking minnows in a huge range of colours ! Eureka!
John very kindly sent us a couple of these beautifully made lures and we can't wait to try them out. In the meantime, we have asked John, with the help of Štefan Kovác, the man behind Kovmasters, to review the whole range of these fascinating lures. Here's what he has to say:-
Kovmasters,
masters of lure-making
Štefan
Kovác has
been making lures for sometime now but is relatively unknown outside his home
country. When he assured me that his lures were made to perfection, to equal
or better anything-else on the market, I ordered some immediately and eagerly
awaited them, to see if Štefan was
exaggerating ... most definitely he was not !
I should say, at the outset, that with Kovmasters Wobblers, we are talking about medium to small, and even tiny, plugs, the largest being around 16 cm and the smallest only 3 cm.
Jointed
Countdown Minnows first
Editor Nick has already explained that my initial interest was in Kovmasters'
PTL Spider Double plugs, jointed sinking plugs — by the way, Kovmasters
lures are called Wobblers
— in the hope that these are replacements for the
now long-defunct Rapala CDJ range.
So, having samples of these lovely little Wobblers in my hot sweaty hand, it makes-sense for me to describe them first. Let's take the smallest in this range, the 7cm PTL Spider Double wobbler: in fact it's only 6.5 cm long, which for me, is a bonus. It weighs 5.7 gm, so it's a nice replacement for the much-missed (by me anyway) Rapala CDJ-7.
Here's a Table of the whole range of PTL Spider Double Wobbler jointed sinking minnows:-
PTL Spider double |
length |
sinking |
1. |
7 cm |
7 g |
2. |
9 cm |
10 g |
3. |
13 cm |
14 g |
4. |
16 cm |
18 g |
Jointed
Floating Diving Minnows
Fans of floating, diving, jointed minnows will be relieved to hear that Kovmasters
also have a lovely range of plugs for them too, viz.
PTL Spider double |
length |
floating / depth of dive |
1. |
7 cm |
6 g / 1,2 m |
2. |
9 cm |
8 g / 1,5 m |
3. |
13 cm |
12 g / 2,5 m |
4. |
16 cm |
15 g / 2,5 m |
Colours
There is a huge range of Kovmasters colours: check
here for the colours available for each type of wobbler.
SUMMARY
OF ALL THE KOVMASTERS WOBBLERS
Jointed Minnows,
Floating & Sinking versions
These are called PTL Spider Double,
which I have already described in-depth above.
Un-jointed
Minnows, Floating & Sinking
versions
These are called PTC Classic & PTC Diver
wobblers
Kovmasters
Swimmer, Floating & Sinking
versions
These are like little shad plugs:-
e.g. 3 cm 1 gm (floating); 1.5 gm (sinking)
Kovmasters
Esox & Swimmer Esox, Floating
& Sinking versions
The photo says it all !!
11 cm / 10gm & 13 cm / 11 gm
Sinking: 12 & 13 gm
Kovmasters
Arrow & Arrow Jerkbait, Sinking
Best let the photos do the talking !
6 cm / 10gm & 8 cm / 13 gm
8 cm 14 gm
IN
CONCLUSION
I hope that you
have found this review of the current ranges of Kovmasters Wobblers; as you
will have gathered, their ranges and colours are far too numerous to mention
in-depth in this article, so if you need more info, please contact the Editors
(see below)
Good fishing !
John Worzencraft.
Nick's
Notes
Thanks, John & Stefan, for reviewing the very interesting range of Kovmasters
Wobblers. If you'd like more information including Kovmasters contact details
etc., please email us at
nickcaineNO@SPAMtalk21.com
Nick Caine
Managing Editor