I would not take this as a reason to not buy this lure because it could be 1 out of 2,000+/- with an issue. Now an issue did arise after catching just 3 fish on the SFC (2 eyes and 1 smallie) upon dehooking the 2nd eye I inspected the line and connection knot for abrasions due to fishing the rocky shore I noticed the lip was gone from the head of the lure rendering it fairly useless aside from 3 split rings and 3 treble hooks. I noticed a slight pop and quick start pushes the lure to the 3-5 ft mark and a steady paced crank will make the lure quickly and with deadly results dip and wobble in and out of cover like a panicked bait fish. Now onto the action as advertised this lure swims with a tight "searching" action and can be spiced up with a pause and slight twitch then continue with a standard moderate to fast retrieve. The lure is slightly light (3/16oz) for the size in my eyes but, I suppose its to be expected being balsa construction. (These were minor issues IMO easily remedied and nothing that would push me from buying this lure.) To the quality and construction of the lure itself is spot on with Rapala and expected in my eyes. Fished with the SFC first and noticed a weird swimming action from the box, upon further inspection I noticed the nose splitring to be malformed causing the connection knot to slip occasionally and spin the ring causing a top surface sliding action or the knot would slip into the split ring slowly opening it. Took this lure in Clown and Silver Fluorescent Chartreuse to the Allegheny River near L/D 6. This has no tie to the Rapala/Nor mark corporation and strictly my own opinion. Rapala Scatter Rap Minnow (My personal review.)
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