Triple Digit Lunacy
Posted by The Inside Line on Aug 24th 2020
I’d vowed I’d never spend this much on a lure.
Back in the days when the $9.99 Terminator Spinnerbait seemed outrageous, or when I first coveted a hard-to-find $15 Lucky Craft Pointer, I told myself that four or five bucks would get me bit forever. That really hasn’t changed much, as I’ve probably caught more bass over the last decade on Senkos, which cost about 70 cents apiece, than on everything else combined.
But as I’ve entered the swimbait world, and started to make middle-aged money, I’ve relaxed my resistance a bit. I’ve purchased some pricier lures. In some cases I’ve even dared to throw them. But still, a hundred bucks, that’s craziness.
When I first heard about the DRT Tiny Klash, they were retailing for $70 apiece, if you could get one. I couldn’t find them at any retailer, foreign or domestic, and on Ebay they were all well over a hundred bucks, with certain colors going for over a grand. Either the world has gone mad, I thought, or else this bait is really worth it, or both.
So while I couldn’t pull the trigger on Ebay, I could put myself on a waiting list to buy one. I signed up with Outdoor Pro Shop’s notification system and promptly forgot about it, assuming that I’d never hear back. Then, one day, I got a message: they were in stock again.
$109.99.
I put one in my cart, added my credit card info, and waffled on whether to press the “Purchase” button. With time likely running out (surely others had set up the same notification), eventually I convinced myself to buy it. After all, if I later decided that it was unnecessary or too exorbitant, I could surely sell it for what I had in it.
Two days later, it’s on my desk. Still in the package. Still flippable. But I’m pretty sure it’s here for good. I know there’s no such thing as a magic bait, but I still want to see what this one can do. If it’s great, it’ll be worth it. If it sucks, it’ll be a lesson learned – maybe.
