Hand carved and shaped from fully reclaimed timber and painted with no less than 10 different finishing coats, Budd’s Baits are at the pinnacle of the handmade lure market. Manufactured in Zimbabwe by Greg Budd – an international contact lure designer for some of the worlds largest lure brands, Greg has now perfected his own premium lure designs and finishes that only available through us. Tested in the game oceans of South Africa on monster Yellowfin Tuna, Monster GT’s and eve Tigrfish in the Zambeszi River, these lures can hack severe punishment. The stainless wire is a full through wire design and drop load tested to 200kg. The action is designed with single hooks in mind but you can use trebles and oversize split rings without killing the action.
It is with KickStick that it all started when the first custom stick bait appeared from Greg’s designs, even though SlikFin was to be the first scale produced custom lure. When asked for a bait that could be ‘active’ on the drop, under a straight retrieve and perhaps on a rapid sweep as well, it was KickStick that produced the goods.With a unique flat back design to create dead-water turbulence above the lure while it sinks, KickStick fulfilled the first request admirably – performing a seductive flutter on the drop which shimmers light to all corners of the water column.
Category two is achieved with a wide, realistic wobble as the bait is retrieved straight to the rod tip. Throw in a sweep of the rod tip and the namesake of the lure is earned; the baits tail kicking out like a panicked baitfish as the lure’s action is accentuated.
Length: 165mm Weight: 70-75 gram
Sink Rate: Slow Flutter Hooks: 1 or 2 x 4/0 or 5/0 Singles
