Headbanger Spitfire 4-1/2
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The Headbanger Spitfire 4-1/2" is what you get when you combine the patented Headbanger invention with the best of wakebaits, propbaits, and swimbaits — one outstanding topwater bait that's super effective and a blast to fish for bass, pike, and perch.
Why anglers fish the Spitfire 4-1/2"
- Four baits in one — topwater, wakebait, propbait, and swimbait; change the retrieve to switch
- Spinning tail prop — throws spray and commotion that calls predators across the flat
- Transparent Action Lip — creates big wakes and splashing at normal and fast speeds, and a snakelike crawl at the slowest speeds
- Beginner-friendly, expert-approved — a simple straight retrieve at any speed catches fish; advanced presentations unlock even more
- Rigged with sticky-sharp VMC 7266 trebles for surface-strike hookups
When and how to fish it
On windy days and in dirty water, retrieve at normal to fast speed — the Action Lip creates big wakes and splashing that fish can track. In calm, clear water, slow down: the Spitfire crawls with a subtle snakelike wake that draws wary fish up. Fish it over weed flats, along reed edges, and across points from spring through fall whenever fish are looking up.
THE SEARCH FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
For a long time, Swedish artist and passionate angler, Dan Lestander, was looking for a long-casting lure that also moved with a pattern that didn’t repeat itself like traditional lures did. After he realized that no such lure existed and the desire for it grew too strong, the only solution was to start experimenting on his own.
He started thinking about how he could create a lure that interacts with its element, water, in a way that would imitate a real wounded and stressed prey much more accurately than what had previously been achieved. He spent more than four years putting in a ton of effort into finding the key to making the lure behave in the way he had envisioned. Using his skills as a professional sculptor, he constructed over 50 different prototypes, handcrafted and handpainted, to test his theories.
The result of his discoveries was a revolutionary construction that made the lures behave in a way that he never could have dreamt about. Soon he found himself with a number of ideas of different lures that could be created with this, now patented, technical construction. These lures are what we are now creating and sharing with you.