ICAST 2011 | Sebile Goes Swimming in the Thick Stuff
Posted by Jason Sealock on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 @ 10:45 AM
Sebile has had a lot of unique offerings over the course of its young history at ICAST, and this year they had a couple more unique new offerings. The new Soft Weight Swimbait Rig and D&S Crank are new to the industry and the latter is the latest award winner for Sebile as it picked up the best new Hard Lure Best of Show award at ICAST.
The D&S Crank features a hard plastic body with a deep diving lip, but the real draw is the single hook in the tail section that is on a hinge. The hook is down level with the crankbait. As a fish bites the hook forces up to be more hook prone as it comes in contact with the fish's mouth. This design keeps the hook down and out of the way as it comes through cover and then forces upward on the strike to get a good hook. It's made to dive to 20 feet and troll to 28 feet. The bait is made of ultrasonic-welded ABS material and will come in 8 original colors. The D&S Crank will retail for $14.50.
The Soft Weight Swimbait Rig Features an offset wide-gap hook that has lead formed on the belly of the hook. Several features however set it apart from other swimbait hooks. The weight has a hook hanger with a treble hook on it. There are also tungsten filled rubber weights that allow the angler to make the swimbait rig heavier or lighter depending on the situation they are fishing.
The hooks come in 5/0, 7/0 and 9/0 sizes. The 5/0 will have two hook rigs per package and the others just one. The swimbait rig hooks will retail starting at $9.45.