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FLIPPING GREAT !!!!!

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Many years ago I spent a week fishing a beautiful fjord in Norway on a trip arranged by a friend of mine Allan. The pike fishing was quite hard going both with bait and lures and over the coarse of the week I can only remember a few small doubles to be the largest caught. None the less a great time was had by all. And whats the point of mentioning my Norway trip you may ask, other than me reminiscing, well on said trip I had great fun using a small firetiger Ace Flipper jerkbait. This little lure managed to attract pike from literally anywhere I cast it, only jack pike mind you but fish none the less. upon arriving home I tried this little lure on my usual waters and again they succeeded most everywhere. Unfortunately early one winters morning while luring on The Old West I got snagged on something which I couldn,t move from the river bed which resulted in the inevitable braid snap. My bestest favourite lure was gone forever. And to top it all on arriving home and scouring t...