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Picked up a Beach Umbrella and placed it on the front pedestal... It's terrific until the Wind gets up

One of my favorite finesse presentations is a Rage Rig with which ever soft plastic style, type or design that the fish want most... It's extremely versatile

Early mornings are GREAT for shallow water Flipping! After I set the Hook set on this babe, she came up and danced across the surface with the Smokin' Rooster flappin' in her face... She was a good dancer Hope ya'll are getting in on some fishing too

Got something on the way that you will LOVE Yep, you'll LOVE it!!! Will be out in a couple of months

You might want to ck out the Moaner Hooks EnRaged Shakey. You can find them online at both "Siebert Outdoors" and/or "Moaner Hooks". The 3/4 and 1/0oz models have a Super hook made specifically for BIG Worms and Extra large creature baits... I designed the EnRaged series shakeys but I don't receive any financial benefits from sales, I just need these for my own use because IMO they're the best design for this style of presentation on the market... just sayin'

Yes Mike, I'll be at there... at the SK booth. If you're going to be there come on by, I'd like to meet you!

Sorry not sure what's happening there just email me at steve@ragetail.com

Just message is fine!

Uhhhh YEP!!! How'd you KNOW

YES just for our friends here at BassResource!!! You are the FIRST to see this new Rage Tail product, The New MAGNUM Rage Tail Bug by Strike King Lure Company (y) Hitting store shelves in mid July 2016!!! Bout TIME, Huh

This is a great hook style/design and there is a new one coming out at ICAST that is for big Worms, big creatures etc... Design assistance by yours truly, KVD, Denny Brauer, Edwin Evers and a few others. Gonna be a GOOD ONE and in many sizes... YEP!

FINALLY & I'm sorry that your order for our BassResource friends wasn't the FIRST in line Mike... But I'm glad you got them this far ahead of ICAST 'cause there are many retailers still in line. Hope they work great for all of your clients, Trying to get an even smaller size finished up as well and if so, will get it going in a few months

Might add a bladed swim jig to your arsenal as well as rattles to your standard jigs and soft plastics... they're helpful in low light conditions and or stained water.

No way I should've got this one out. Flipped a Rage Smokin' Rooster to a tree in 8 ft and lost my concentration while looking for my next flip, then I felt her moving. At the hook set, she was already tangled in the roots so I just kept the Pressure on her until she made the wrong move and headed straight up at me... She crashed the surface snapping a few limbs then made a few hard runs before I grabbed her. Yep I'm LUCKY

I use a 5/0 Moaner Weighted Stroker hook. 1/4oz for calm conditions in 5ft or less and 3/8oz for slightly deeper conditions or windy.

I want to Thank EVERYONE for ALL of the comments and discussion points in this topic! I would click the like button on every ones responses but it allows only so many at a time or per day and I often run short of days that I can be in the office, lol... otherwise I'm FISHING I 'm also one who tries to take all of the different opinions and ideas into consideration especially with this group here at BassResource. It's the FIRST forum I became involved with over 10yrs ago and basically the only one I relate to nowadays. Up to this point, all of my soft plastic designs have had the patented Rage Flange on them to add hyper action to otherwise low action bait designs. Also, this is the first boot tail style that I've been asked to produce. As you know, Boot tail swimmers have been around for years and have gone through an evolution of design changes as well. Rib designs on soft plastics were also implemented long ago and one of their biggest benefits is giving a softer texture or feel. Making the swimmer ribs to forward angles plus tiny short straight tips basically gives the same soft texture but adds more deflection when contacting grass, wood or other objects, as well as other benefits. Regarding the action and fish catching results... IMO, they're RIGHT and I hope you find the same Being able to produce them here in the U.S. for a good price plus adding 1 more bait which equals approx. 20% improvement over others is also important to me. I'm SURE that there will be several more colors added in the near future but I'm pretty happy with some of them we have now, like the KVD magic and the Grn Pmp/Pearl, they're getting Smoked in my waters! Is there another NEW Rage Tail bait coming out at ICAST??? YES and I'll give you a look at it in a week or so... It's just a different size model of one of my other designs that I LOVE!!! So I'll let you guess for now

I bet it will, but not sure they have Green Pumpkin/Pearl

This is what I'm using a LOT in the bass post spawn, and the shad spawn being in high gear... It's the Strike King Swinging Swim Jig and the 3.75" Rage Swimmer in Green Pumpkin/Pearl. This is on the deck basically all of the time recently. The jig is a brim color and totally weedless, so it goes through everything making it terrific in shallow brush... and Green Pumpkin/Pearl is a NEW favorite color for me in many of the products we have... Hope yall like it too!

Actually buzzed bait, the comment is that Flake and salt makes soft plastics firmer in texture or feel... durability is most ALWAYS better regardless of the recipe of plastisol when there no salt or flake, so you're on the right track when discussing durability for sure! Also in response to your other question, any soft plastics that are removed from a quality made soft plastic bag and placed in fishing boxes of most any type will start to lose it's oil and elasticity. That's just the nature of the beast, lol... hope that helps!

Here's a better photo of the reverse ribs and the tail section.

If you fish this type of Swimmer very much, you'll notice that our action at slow retrieve speeds or movement is faster than the others out there. Also at faster retrieves the others brands body and head action decreases to none with only the boot tail moving whereas the Rage Swimmers head and body continue the movement and vibration, especially on a weighted hooks. Jig heads kill the head action more than weighted hooks but they are a very popular and effective rig for them as well. For sure the tails are slightly different in angles, size and shape... a close look will give you the differences. As mentioned in prior comments, there are more per package in ours which is approx. 20% price improvement and of course ALL of our RageTails are made here in the USA and not Japan or China like so many other brands... The ribs are a hybrid style rib between straight and reverse angle ribs for a reason... It helps with the action, the texture or feel and makes the bait harder for the fish to reject after the bite. Our Pros are extremely happy with them and say they're the best, and they don't BS when it comes to proto designs etc. Most of them also mentioned that the plastic recipe right on the mark for softness as well as good durability. I like'em too and Hope you will as well! I'll try to post a recent action video for you here so that you can review the action results. Oh by the way, in an earlier comment there was a mention that flake might cause the plastic texture to be softer... Many have thought the same in the past but actually the opposite is true. Flake, like salt when added to plastisol causes the texture to become firmer. Flake and salt are like small braces inside the plastic which firms the feel of soft plastics. Of course, as the bait is used over a long period of time, the texture will become softer as the flake and salt starts breaking loose inside the plastic releasing it's bracing affect.... Hope that helps and is somewhat understandable!

Most of the nice one's have moved off shore... I kinda like that too, they're putting on the Feed Bag. Dragging a new jig trailed by the Rage Lobster, Blue Craw color with JJ's Chartreuse tipped claws, deadly combination in clear conditions, South Texas is on fire and hope your waters are too!

Like it ok Jeff, but not sure it's as tough overall as the Vicious Pro elite 25... might be going back to that!

She wanted a Lobster for Breakfast! I pitched the Rage Lobster to 8 ft trees and she Wrecked it... using 25lb Lews Fluoro in clear conditions and it's tough stuff, big diameter line though! Hope y'all are having a good Spring too