I thought I had seen just about everything in my 50 years, but recently I purchased a used rod and reel combo from a pawn shop for a great price of $15.00. It was a decent 7' MH fast action spinning rod made of IM-7 graphite- a top of the line mint condition Bass Pro brand rod which retailed for a little under $100.00 when new, and on it was a cheapo piece of junk Shakespeare reel which I threw in the trash as soon as I got it home.

 

But I thought I would take a couple of photos of the lure rigged onto this spinning rod combo and just let the photos show you what I found tied onto this rod and reel. Something I had never seen before. I have heard of rod and reel pimping or decorating, but I never heard of lure pimping- or decorating- until now...

 

 

 

Ever seen anything like this before? A small plastic heart that sparkles like a diamond??? Do you think this did anything to make it more appealing to any fish? Or, was this simply a decorative add on by the fisher "man" or fisherwoman more than likely in this case? 

 

I don't think I'll be tossing this little heart of sparkles into my tackle box any time soon... I thought some of you might get a kick out of this one. I don't know about you, but I'd like to meet the fisher-person who went to the trouble to add this little gem onto a lure... along with all that other useless hardware... enough metal to sink a battleship!

Not the heart but the set up isn't that rare.  I have seen numerous times plastic worms being used for snook, pretty good bait for them too, I'll trail a white worm on an old beatup bucktail head.  The Walmart snap swivel with that not very impressive looking knot is also common place, don't see either component really failing.  I make my connections "neater" in appearance, I'm not convinced I'm out fishing the unsophisticated fishermen.

I find the extra stuff, well, excessive. 

Bedazzled

The diamond atractts those big females you wanna catch...

You can add any type of "noise maker" to your rig.

 

The plastic heart is probably from a bracelet or hair clip that little girls put together.

 

You can find them in all sizes, shapes and colors at JoAnn Fabrics and toy stores.

 

I have some "different" rocks to use on future Carolina rigs I picked up in a bead store. They are supposed to give off a different sound than the glass beads we all use.

 

The problem I note with your heart is that you don't want the bass to hit your plastic. You want them to hit  your bait. Sometimes we can outsmart ourselves.

Awwww, that' sooo cute!!!

 

 

To each his (her) own.

The heart is legit, the snap swivel and rusty hook is not.