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		[unsure] Hey guys. I've seen references today to What-A-Crickets and white crickets (which I assume are the same thing). Is this a lure? Where can I find them? Are they available online?  I ran a yahoo search but can't find anything like this.  TIA. Don
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		Don, 
  They are a soft plastic jig sold here in Utah at Hooked Fishing Tackle.  The real name is Water Cricket, I call them What-A-Crickets because with my Connecticut accent, that what it sounds like when I say it.
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		Thanks IFG. I appreciate the info. I'm always on the look out for a new "secret lure" to dazzle and amaze my friends down here along the Front Range. LOL  Don
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		If you want some PM HFT, he's my "dealer".  If nothing else PM me and I can send you a couple of packs for Christmas.  After this weekend I need to go get some more anyway.
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		Whatta Cricket   is the best plastic made for ice fishing. 
sorry IFG they are miscalled water crickets because it sounds so natural,what ever the name they work. 
Don, I have them special made in batches of 20,000 per color. White,glow,pearl,chartreuse/glitter. WE thread them on a 1/16 oz. head. 10 to a pack $1.25. it is a 2" soft plastic lure with 2 legs that come off the side and sweep back. the legs have just the right wiggle to look life like,but not as thin as on a tube jig to wiggle too much.
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		And the fish love them! I am one who miss names them as well. Mainly because I take them out of the package, and just know where to get them.
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		 a drawing of whatta cricket
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		sorry attachment didn't work for me
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		I'm picturing something that looks like a paddlebug. Is it anything like that? Do you think that they would work for perch and bluegill?  
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		Thanks for the help fellas.  I appreciate it.
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		The water-cricket works very well. I've caught some nice cutts and rainbows at strawberry useing the what-a-cricket. I plan on picking up a few along with some other jiggs at the rod building class this Thursday.
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		I think this is it . I never have fished them but have a few in case I do want to .
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		The one on the right are the kind I have bought from HFT. I've never seen the other two are they a different type of what-a-cricket?
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		Not sure what the others are called , just found them in the jig section . LOL  I think you are right . I think I picked them up at "Hooked " the ones on the right  and the others from sportsmans . I was just trying to get a image to look at  . I hope it helps .
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		it is the one on the right. the others are quad tails.
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