Headbanger Shad 9"
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The Headbanger Shad 9" is the trophy-size version of the original Headbanger: patented erratic, evasive movement combined with a fixed, replaceable paddle tail for a swimming action that triggers even the most lethargic fish. Built for northern pike, muskellunge, and lake trout — it works with a simple straight retrieve, but excels with pauses and twitches.
Why anglers fish the Headbanger Shad 9"
- 9 inches of patented erratic action — a full-size meal for the biggest fish in the system
- Replaceable paddle tail — twists off the corkscrew anchor in seconds when musky teeth destroy it; two pegs keep it locked in position
- Three buoyancies — floating, suspending, and sinking cover 0–13 ft
- Casts and trolls — the erratic action holds at trolling speeds, making it a serious big-water weapon
When and how to fish it
Throw the Floating version (0–5 ft) over shallow weed flats early and late season. The Suspending version (5–8.5 ft) hangs dead-still on the pause — the trigger moment for following musky. The Sinking version (6.5–13 ft) reaches deeper edges, drop-offs, and suspended fish. Straight retrieve to cover water, then long pauses and twitches when a fish shows.
Specs
| Version | Weight | Fishing depth |
| Floating | 2.2 oz | 0–5 ft |
| Suspending | 2.6 oz | 5–8.5 ft |
| Sinking | 2.9 oz | 6.5–13 ft |
Replacement tails are available separately — or experiment with your own soft plastics to change the action.
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including diisononyl phthalate, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more info go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
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.