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Luckycraft aficionados educate me
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09/02/20 04:36 PM
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Tiltman
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When I was fishing a ton pre NAPA so pre 2015 , LC was a major "go to" for myself and a lot of guys. The RC's were drying up but the TO was the same quality and they were in the low teens pricewise.
Now in 2020 I am getting back into fishing more and LC is half the price and I am starting to assume half the quality. Since they seem to break easily.
Did they sell and go cheapo or something ?
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
[Re: Tiltman]
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09/02/20 08:21 PM
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Finesse EMPEROR/ Dropshot King
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The quality is still pretty dang good! I have been fishing the KJ cranks and never had one break on me, also never broke a lucky craft crankbiat but have broke a few sammy's slapping them on the water but not the baits fault at all...
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
[Re: Tiltman]
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09/02/20 08:47 PM
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James Biggs
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The new ones run well. They don’t track as well as the originals at a high speed. The biggest difference is the old ones cast better. The plastic seemed more dense. Both will out fish any other brand of plastic square bills.
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
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09/02/20 09:56 PM
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Tiltman
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The new ones run well. They don’t track as well as the originals at a high speed. The biggest difference is the old ones cast better. The plastic seemed more dense. Both will out fish any other brand of plastic square bills. I noticed that on the weight , for sure seem lighter. I put new bearings in my cranking reels the other night thinking the whole deal felt off. I sure they were due tho ancient stuff
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
[Re: Tiltman]
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09/03/20 03:59 AM
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SoCal Tom
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The old RC's just caught fish. Not sure if the new ones are as good. They did something to it to cut the price in half, but I still use them and still catch fish on em. I still have a few of the old ones I break out from time to time
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
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09/03/20 12:17 PM
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bigfishtx
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
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09/03/20 04:34 PM
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I just bought about 200 worth of the “newer” BDS 3 and compared it to the older BDS 3 only difference I can find is weight. Both run pretty much the same on a 6.3 reel and both catch fish.
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
[Re: SoCal Tom]
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09/03/20 05:10 PM
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The old RC's just caught fish. Not sure if the new ones are as good. They did something to it to cut the price in half, but I still use them and still catch fish on em. I still have a few of the old ones I break out from time to time Yes they quit paying Rick Clunn a 20% royalty.
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
[Re: Tiltman]
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09/03/20 05:13 PM
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Tiltman
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I can find the cheaper ones in various places, Is it TW where the old "heavy" ones are ?
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
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09/03/20 05:41 PM
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Trickster
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I can find the cheaper ones in various places, Is it TW where the old "heavy" ones are ? Not sure but the old ones are discontinued and not the same as what you can get today.
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
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09/03/20 07:30 PM
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James Biggs
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Ebay for the old ones. Expect $25-50 each
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
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09/03/20 09:28 PM
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sll
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Both will out fish any other brand of plastic square bills. That's a pretty confident statement...
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
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09/03/20 09:56 PM
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I have one of the original RC nip, it is a 1.5 and is in the MS Crack color. The catch is I’m afraid to use it so it doesn’t do anything, if I recall right they were $15.99 each.
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
[Re: James Biggs]
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09/03/20 10:05 PM
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Tiltman
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Ebay for the old ones. Expect $25-50 each ok so you can no longer get them retail so they are for sure gone and not being produced ?
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Re: Luckycraft aficionados educate me
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09/03/20 10:16 PM
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GarySHO
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Ebay for the old ones. Expect $25-50 each ok so you can no longer get them retail so they are for sure gone and not being produced ? yes
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