Another favourite topwater lure
By diemai
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The old "Lucky13" also became one of my fav's for summer piking .
Saw it first in an US-lurebook and I was curious , how it would work , never came across that lure in German tackle shops , though the original design has been around in America for more than 80 years now .
So I carved my first one out of a round pinewood dowel , it was'nt that hard to do:wink: .
On my first trials with the finished lure a pike of approx. 32" took the lure , but due to not having had enough experience , I didn't utilize a sufficient leader , so the fish got away with my new lure:( .
In anger about my own stupidity I stared out on the vortex , that the pike left behind on the surface , after a second or two my new "Lucky13" popped back onto the surface , just like an empty barrel from a sunken ship , and with some accurate casts with another lure I could pick it again:) .
By now I have made a lot more of these lures , and every year they take their share of pike for me , it's their "popping" sound and the bubble trace , that they pull behind on retrieve , that make them so attractive for pike in shallow water .
regards , diemai
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