Lafayette, Louisiana is located in the
heart of Cajun country. A Cajun is a resourceful, French immigrant
that thrived on the abundant
wildlife of the Louisiana swamps and marshes. Wayne Falcon, who has
been designing lures since 1975, incorporates Cajun ingenuity into
the company’s
line of fishing products.
Falcon
Lure Company line of fishing products include Big Eyez Buzzbaits,
Big Eyez Spinnerbaits, “K” Wacky Hooks®, Bait-jerker
Hooks™, Flipping Tube Jighead, and Rattling Flipping Jigs.
From top to bottom, Falcon Lures has a product for your fishing needs.
With
hooks for special techniques like wacky worm and soft jerk baits,
the company can teach any old Cajun a new trick or two.
One product that has worked well for me with bass
and some of those mean Louisiana redfish is the Bait-Jerker Hook™. This wide gap hook is
great for soft plastic jerk baits. With various hooks sizes and weights,
a size is available for small finesse baits and large bulky baits. The
hooks are at home with Senkos, jerk baits, and other soft plastics. It
comes in two models; one for monofilament and the other for super lines
like Spiderwire™.
Everybody in Louisiana love to eat crawfish. Since
bass love the tasty critters, try rigging a crawfish with the Bait-Jerker
Hook™. The
weight’s position on the hook gives the crawfish or other plastic
the correct presentation on the fall. The natural and seductive fall
of appropriately rigged bait produces more strike. The wide gap hook
increases
the hook up ratio, too.
The “K” Wacky Worm® hook is another great product for
the soft plastic angler. Many may argue about the origination of the
wacky style of fishing, but few will argue about the “K” Wacky
Hook® being a winner. Weightless and weighted models are available
from Falcon Lures.
The Big Eyez series of spinnerbaits and buzzbaits are great lures, too.
With all the premier colors and blade combinations, there is sure to
be one that matches your needs. The buzzbait has 3D eyes and a keeled
head. The unique head style causes the lure to lift to the surface quickly
and run through some of the toughest cover on the bayou. Whether it is
weeds or other cover, the Big Eyez series handle anything the bayou can
dish out.
If
you love to flip tubes, the Flipping Tube Jighead by Falcon is for
you. This bad boy is great for any style and size of tube baits. The
weed
guard and strong hook let the angler place the tube in the nastiest cover
on the water. Just cut a small hole in the tube and slide the head in
place. It is that easy.
The last Falcon Lures ‘s product I reviewed was the Rattling
Jig. The jig has a XXS Mustad Ultrapoint hook as the foundation. The
distinctive
head design will slide though cover from grass to treetops. Choose
a metal flake or chrome scale version for your specific needs. With
several
sizes available to choose from, the company has a great choice in color
and weights.
Be sure to visit Falcon Lures online at www.falconlures.com.
Jeff Bruhl is a member of the Louisiana Outdoors Writer Association, pro angler, and a pharmacist. His website, www.marshbass.com, covers freshwater fishing across Louisiana and the gulf coast. Each Saturday morning between 5-7 am CST, a bass fishing report can be heard on the Outdoors with Don Dubuc Radio Show (www.dontheoutdoorsguy.com) on 870 AM from the New Orleans station. Jeff has made numerous television and radio appearances on shows like Paradise Louisiana, The Big Fish, and ABC26.com. From tips on youtube.com to weekly reports on his website, his articles and reports provide tips and tactics for bass anglers in the sportsman paradise. Jeff’s sponsors include Abu Garcia, Xpoint hooks, Bud Light, Louisiana Fish Fry Products, Power Pole, Stanley Jigs and Spinnerbaits, Skeeter, Dockside Marine, Rat-L-Trap, and Berkley. For more information about fishing in Louisiana, drop Jeff an email at jeff@marshbass.com.
