Looking For Pre Rapala Wiggle Warts

[abkeenan]

looking at swimbaits coupe of days ago one was priced $179.00. if I'm fishing with something that expensive I'm going to have scuba gear in boat.

That's nothing. How about this...it's on sale and a steal at this price. Don't let it get away!

Roman Made Mother Triple Swimbait - $424.99

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Buy 1 or more for $318.74 each.

Offering an additional jointed segment, the Roman Made Mother Triple Swimbait features the same beautifully crafted body design and key characteristics as the original Mother swimbait - now with a more lifelike and fluid swimming motion. Handmade and handcrafted one-by-one in Roman Made’s facility near Lake Biwa in Japan, each bait takes approximately 12 hours to create. Tried and tested on the waters of Lake Biwa, its a true big fish bait designed for catching bass 30-inches and bigger. As proof, world record holder Manabu Kurita hooked into a bass he estimated to be 28-pounds on a version of the Mother swimbait, but lost her during the fight, and also landed the previous Lake Biwa record (prior to his world-record tying bass) on a Mother swimbait. Extremely difficult to find, especially in the US, the Roman Made Mother Triple Swimbait is a true work-of-art, and currently available at Tackle Warehouse - while supplies last.

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Roman Made Length Weight Rate of Fall Mother - Triple 12" 10.5-oz 2.0-sec/ft

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[Quillback]

Wow, on sale for $318, what a deal!

The question I have, is if they are made in Japan, why are they called "Roman Made"?

[eyedabassman]

I have a question, after Storm took over the Wart and changed the mold and then someone posted that Storm put the molds back the old way.So how do you tell them two apart ( changed Wart vs. when they went back )?

[dtrs5kprs]

I have a question, after Storm took over the Wart and changed the mold and then someone posted that Storm put the molds back the old way.So how do you tell them two apart ( changed Wart vs. when they went back )?

Flip them over and look under the lip. Old = "WIGGLE WART", New = "STORM".

Also the old ones feel "heavier", or maybe denser is better. Paint colors are brighter, clear baits are clearer. Sound is also different.

The lip thing is what makes buying painted baits a bit sketchy unless you supplied the bait, or know and trust the painter. Some colors have full painted lips, so hard to verify the era/origin of the wart.

[fishingaddiction]

Actually...this is what you are looking for.

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Guys, we could open a small tackle shop and not have to purchase any inventory. The only thing is none of us would want to sell our current stock of tackle.

[fishingaddiction]

Or they will explode. Better done with balsa or cedar baits. Plastic baits with rattles can overheat, build up some sort of gas and do everything from swelling to bursting open. Happens a lot with Rogues.

Brad's Wiggler, for anyone interested. Champ188 mentioned it in another thread:

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Have you fished the Brad's Wiggler baits? How do they differ as compared to warts? I almost bought some the other day when I was in Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers.

[abkeenan]

Flip them over and look under the lip. Old = "WIGGLE WART", New = "STORM".

Also the old ones feel "heavier", or maybe denser is better. Paint colors are brighter, clear baits are clearer. Sound is also different.

The lip thing is what makes buying painted baits a bit sketchy unless you supplied the bait, or know and trust the painter. Some colors have full painted lips, so hard to verify the era/origin of the wart.

That's the thing with old pre rap warts...I have a bunch...I DON'T think a single one of them are the same. Some are heavier than others, 2 of the same color patterns that are NOT the exact same, some of them the 2 pieces of the mold are slightly not aligned perfectly when glued together down the middle, the bb's in them make a different pitch when they rattle....hence the myth, man, legend that is the Pre Rapala Wiggle Wart. The magic lies within the inconsistency.

[dtrs5kprs]

Have you fished the Brad's Wiggler baits? How do they differ as compared to warts? I almost bought some the other day when I was in Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers.

Yes. They are awfully close. Closer to a wart of 1997 vintage or so vs. a really old wart. My Mark I eyeball tells me they might be just a bit "beefier", in terms of lip thickness, type of plastic. Have not put calipers on them to check for variance (but that is possible as they are out with my rod building box currently). Slightly different sound vs. super old warts.

Colors are closer to the old warts than the Rapala "original" versions.

On the whole...seem closer than the current offerings from Rapala.

[dtrs5kprs]

That's the thing with old pre rap warts...I have a bunch...I DON'T think a single one of them are the same. Some are heavier than others, 2 of the same color patterns that are NOT the exact same, some of them the 2 pieces of the mold are slightly not aligned perfectly when glued together down the middle, the bb's in make a different pitch when they rattle....hence the myth, man, legend that is the Pre Rapala Wiggle Wart. The magic lies within the inconsistency.

Yep. Each wiggles to its own beat.

[Quillback]

The Spro Little John MD is an interesting little crank, I have a watermelon red one that I threw this fall for a bit. Caught a couple of bass on it on a windy chunk rock bank. Looking forward to giving it more a workout once the weather warms.