SEBILE lures are becoming increasingly popular in the US and are now being imported into this country by Nomad Tackle. Nomad’s Damon Olsen was obviously looking for a brand of lure that was built like a Sherman tank to cope with the harsh punishment of the Coral Sea. I’ve been having a bit of a play with these lures over the past month and the models I were sent are all larger types for big fish. Sebile also make an extensive range of smaller lures for the US bass market.
The Bonga Jerk is a large stick bait designed for ripping across the top of the water. It is short and fat with a prominent centre line keel and is very tough. On a popper rod it casts a mile and is easy to rip across the top. It is available in a wide range of colours including a yellow and purple one very similar in shade to a fusillier, the favourite tucker of the GT.
The Splasher popper is a cup faced design carrying big Owner trebles with an offset head that keeps the cup high in the water, making it easier to bloop and pop. This is a very well designed lure that is deadly on GTs. The Flatt Shad is a large lipless crankbait for casting or deep jigging, and the smaller models have already earned a lot of dollars prize money for anglers on the US bass circuit.
The Magic Swimmer is an articulated swim bait with an outstanding action on the troll, and a wide variety of applications in Australia. The footage on the Sebile website of a herring swimming next to the lure is sensational to watch.
The Koolie minnows are a series of hard-bodied bibbed plastics, and the bigger models are ideal for blue water trolling. They are heavily built, look great and swim well. Over the coming three months I aim to give these lures plenty of water time, but Sebile lures will definitely get a big following in this country over the next few years, and the bigger models I received are definitely some of the toughest lures I’ve ever seen. I think we’ll be seeing plenty of pics in this magazine in the coming years with these lures adorning the mouths of some very impressive fish!
Contact: Nomad Tackle at www.nomadtackle.com
By David Green
