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PRODUCT REVIEW

By Jereme Lane

SAMAKI TORPEDO

V2 SPINNER

The shape of the
A metal is a metal ’ve recently been using Samaki’s Torpedo V2 Torpedo Spinner gives
Spinners in the 10 – 35gm range for a number of
right? Wrong! There’s species and a number of applications both land- it an advantage over
some metals
based and from a boat. Ultimately these lures
some things to look for are a metal lure but with a number of slight
variations that make them a standout for small
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Firstly the colour range is quite distinctly vibrant
a slight advantage compared to most metals and although there some way to explaining why they work so well.
My personal favourite is the Glow Zebra which is a
over others are still the usual chrome and gold colours that white and silver zebra pattern. There’s something
about a white lure in my home waters of NSW and
most manufacturers release, there are a few other
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a bit funky with their metals. There are also UV had good success on the plain white and the pink
and white variations too. Ok, I pretty much always
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The next thing I like about these lures is their
This frigate mackerel got shape. They have a slightly fatter arse than a typical
airborne as it hit the lure on metal which means they cast exceptionally well.
the surface grabbing all three While most metals cast well, the Samakis have a
hooks on the treble slight advantage with the weight distribution being
at the back of the lure near the treble meaning that
they hold the same position throughout the entire
cast instead of turning end over end. The result is
an extra few metres which we all know can be the
difference when casting at schools of pelagics.
They also have a very slight banana-bend shape
that makes them travel through the water very
nicely. The banana bend is enough to give them
a little bit of action through the water but not too
much that it slows the speed at which you can
retrieve them. The fatter arse end helps here too
keeping the lure tracking straight in the water. The
result is a lure that moves rapidly through the water
providing enough wobble to catch the eye of any
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the surface but I do slow them down a tad when
I’m skipping them on top because like all metals
they have more tendency to foul when bouncing
around on the surface. In saying that I usually
like to slow my retrieve slightly when skipping
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lure out from the crowd.
Lastly, they come pre-rigged with 6x strong
trebles which I really like because nobody wants to
be changing trebles on a small metal lure either. If
you haven’t tried them yet I recommend grabbing
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having in the box.
More info at samaki.com.au

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