Flying Lures

[Herbert Lorenzo]

Looking through some old tackle boxes to see what's salvageable and what needs to be tossed . Found a bunch of Flying Lures that are supposed  to move away from you and go under structure where it might be hard to otherwise cast to . I have never tried to use these and I have different sizes . Has anyone ever fished these and been successful,  or were they a gimmick  and not worth the time trying . If they did work what kind of fish did they catch . Thanks .

[scaleface]

They work .I was given two sets as gifts . I never gave the bass sized one much use but the small ones , I caught lots of pan fish with them . If I go to LOZ this fall I may just take them with me and try them under the docks .Try them and see . They can even be rigged weedless . 

[frosty]

I’ve got a kit from when they first came out. Me and dad took them out and he was just slaying the bass, I on the other hand, was not. I don’t remember using them much after that. I tried them again a couple years ago when I found them... nothing, but they definitely do swim away from you. 

[ABart61]

What I find very funny is how the flying lure failed in the US but in Japan "Back-slide" soft plastics are common and widely used

[Cgolf]

I know in Ike's finnese book and video he talks about doing this with a french fry worm. It's been a while since I watched the video, but he may have given credit in the video to the flying lure. That dude keeps a lot of older tackle he has used through the years, would be cool to see what he has.

 

Honestly, I think some of these for TV lures are actually good ideas, this being one of them. Even the banjo minnow, basically a fluke with the tail oriented a different way is a decent bait. I just think the label of as seen on TV makes serious bass folks dismiss them instantly.

[dopey]

Have a bunch of them and use them!  They are fun but yeah the Stigma of the TV infomercial hurt them.  I've caught just about everything on them and they are great for fishing in areas of downed wood.  Just have to make sure to give some slack line so they work right!!  

[flyfisher]

2 hours ago, cgolf said:

I know in Ike's finnese book and video he talks about doing this with a french fry worm. It's been a while since I watched the video, but he may have given credit in the video to the flying lure. That dude keeps a lot of older tackle he has used through the years, would be cool to see what he has.

 

Honestly, I think some of these for TV lures are actually good ideas, this being one of them. Even the banjo minnow, basically a fluke with the tail oriented a different way is a decent bait. I just think the label of as seen on TV makes serious bass folks dismiss them instantly.

i would call the banjo minnow more of a rigging design than a soft plastic.  There are flukes of every shape and size but it was the nose hooking that was different.  I nose hook plastics all the time and even use small keeper screw locks to hook through pretty often too.  I am pretty sure the original designer of the banjo minnow is the same guy who does those Capt'n Ken Frogs that use a similar hooking method.  

[ABart61]

Ike and Berkley released a french fry worm about 10 years ago in the havoc line. It was the Havoc Backslide. Never caught on and was quickly discontinued. Kind of the forgotten lure in the Havoc lineup.