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Without light, there is no color.
In open water or under ice, fish must first see a bait before deciding to make it a meal. Color can seal the deal, but light enables the encounter.
Enter Rapala’s new UV Jigging Rap.
For decades, Rapala has perfected baitfish flesh tones on its timeless Jigging Raps. In certain conditions, however, colors that better catch the eye are better at catching fish. The key is catching more light.
Ultra-violet (UV) enhanced colors make maximum use of available light to help fish locate baits. More so than fluorescent or any other skin coat, UV reflects the utmost amount of light energy. Hence, Rapala’s Orange Tiger UV design enhances a popular pattern such as Firetiger to a degree of visibility previously unimaginable.
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“Absolutely shocking, the visibility of these lures’“ said diehard Rapala Jigging Rap user Tom Neustrom.” I can see the UV Jigging Raps down the hole long after everything else turns into a grey mass of nothingness. And that brightness matters when I’m scooting from hole to hole looking for lively, feeding fish - walleyes, perch, crappies or trout. They’re the first to engulf UV.”
Same goes for rounding up fish from a distance.
“With ice fishing, you don’t always land right on the fish - you have to bring them to the bait,“ said Neustrom.” The new UV Jigging Raps take the action and profile I’ve trusted for years and introduce the factor of long range attraction.”
Like the original classics, UV Jigging Raps are lead weighted and balanced to perfection - not just a linear chunk of lead with hooks, like some of the imitations. This weighting system is the baseline for a Jigging Rap’s ferocious flight. Each pump of the rod tip sends the minnow bait on a new flight path, with new instructions. No other ice fishing lure better simulates the erratic characteristics of a wounded baitfish.
The UV Jigging Rap’s unmistakable minnow profile carries single reversed hooks on the nose and posterior. So regardless of how a fish attacks, it’s running smack dab into a hook. Add in the center treble hook hung from a belly eyelet, and it’s fully armed, essentially not allowing for misses.
The new UV Jigging Rap comes in five fish-feeding sizes, from the 1 - 1/4” W2 (a nemesis to perch and crappies), to the 3 - 1/2” W9 (a meal fit for walleyes, pike and lake trout). You can choose from Green Tiger UV, Orange Tiger UV or Pink Tiger UV, but if you’re like Neustrom and the legions of Jigging Rappers out there, you’ll want a full complement to find the brightest of these new brilliant colors.
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