banjo minnow 006

[a_flyfishin_kid]

Does anybody know anything about the banjo minnow 006. I got the 110 piece set as a gift from a buddy and was wondering if anyone had used one or knew anything about them. Any advise helps.
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[CoyoteSpinner]

Aaaaaaack! Not the Banjo minnow again!

Might try a search. There have been posts past. The commercials DO sell their product (love the underwater footage of bass sucking in baits - that Kewl! Sadly - they can spit as fast as they suck!)

Never tried one, but I think they key is in working it. You gotta give it life. Like any other jig-swimbait - it can be as much HOW you retrieve as what it looks/smells/tastes/feels like. Was just reading about pulling curly tubes -but not Up-Down so much as setady - with a side to side -relying on the reel speed for action.

The Banjo - I think it needs some up-n-down. But that's based on watching the commercials. Haha!

Hey - it catches Anglers - right?

[syncityangler]

[cool] you gotta "let it die, let it die" then twitch it LOL thats all I remember about the original banjo minnow commercial back from the mid-late 90's. I owned one kit, still have most of the pieces left over from the original kit, missing the O bands, and rubber bands they all corroded.. I never caught anything but a seagull on it. but I guess if there are fish around and hungry any bait will work..[sly][fishon]
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[TylerKunz]

I talked to the guys at fish tech about these because unfortunately I am a sucker for infomercials... They said they are just as good as any plastic bass jigs. Nothing different, so fish them just like you would normal bass jigs. They work but so does anything on the wall at sportsmans.
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[gstott]

They should work just fine. It's pretty much like fishing a nose hooked jerkbait. Let it sink on a semi-slack line, give it a couple of twitches and let it die again. Watch your line for lateral movement.
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[flygoddess]

I wanna see you cast one "a_flyfishin_kid"[][laugh]
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[gstott]

They might be easier to cast than one of those articulated sculpin patterns, especially after they get wet. [laugh]
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[flygoddess]

Tru-dat...[laugh]
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[wiperhunter2]

Here is a link to some past answers to your question, check out Kentofnsl reply and the links he had in his reply:
[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?&do=post_view&post=584157"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?&do=post_view&post=584157[/url]
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[Pharticus]

[quote gstott]It's pretty much like fishing a nose hooked jerkbait.[/quote]
Beat me to it. I was out messing around and nose hooked a Gulp straight worm. As I feathered it around I thought, "wait a sec... that looks just like a Banjo Minnow!!!"

Moral of this irrelevant story: the lure isn't special. It's just a technique you hone.
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[gstott]

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw the infomercial years ago. I was using Slug gos a ton then, and was wondering why they thought this was so special. Nose hooked fluke type baits can be deadly when dead drifted in current for smallmouth too btw.
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