08-27-2015, 07:15 PM
They're about 25% cheaper at Walmart, but I'm always careful to look at the nose and general appearance of the lure and make sure it's all symmetrical and doesn't have plastic molding errors up near the nose as that will cause significant problems with its action. The 3's are quite good for small streams, I use a ULS-4 in brown trout in smaller streams and it slays em. Caught a 18 inch rainbow on one on the Weber a few weeks ago. The 5 on the Provo above the dam is more successful for me than the ULS though....a little bit back I caught a brown just under the slot limit there that had a fish even bigger than a CD-5 already in its stomach.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm fooling myself as to how successful Rapalas are because of how fun they are for me. Seeing a fish rise up out of the deep and nail the lure or letting it balloon out across a riffle and having a big fish whack it and yank my arm forward are both quite a rush.
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Sometimes I wonder if I'm fooling myself as to how successful Rapalas are because of how fun they are for me. Seeing a fish rise up out of the deep and nail the lure or letting it balloon out across a riffle and having a big fish whack it and yank my arm forward are both quite a rush.
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