Description
The Mepps Aglia spinner is the original French spinner. It is the World's #1 Lure. More
trophy fish have been caught on the Mepps Aglia than any other lure. The Mepps Aglia is
extremely popular with fishermen world-wide because it will catch just about any
freshwater fish and many species of saltwater fish.
Lure size is important. The rule of thumb is use smaller lures to catch smaller fish and
larger lures to catch larger fish. Keep in mind plain spinners present a smaller profile
than dressed spinners, so they will appear smaller to the fish. This makes them perfect
for panfish and small stream trout. Fishing with dressed spinners can produce larger
fish, but, when stream trout fishing, you will probably catch more fish using plain
spinners.
Plain Treble and Single Hook
Mepps plain treble or single hook Aglias in size #00 or #0 are perfect for panfish
(bluegills or sunfish) and small stream trout. They are very light, however, and require
a nimble rod, equipped with a light action reel spooled with light line; nothing heavier
than six-pound-test. Two-pound-test to four-pound-test is better. Aglias in size #1 and #2
are perfect for larger stream trout and large bluegills, sunfish and crappies. Size #2
Aglias are also excellent for smallmouth bass and walleye. These sizes are ideal for
teaching youngsters the basics of spinner fishing, as they are heavy enough to cast well
with light tackle, yet they are small enough to catch a wide variety of fish.
Size #4 and # 5 Aglias are ideal for large rainbow trout and steelhead, as well as coho
(silver) and chinook (king) salmon.
Mepps single hook Aglias can be used virtually anywhere single hook lures are required. They are perfect for Alaska.
Dressed Treble
Mepps dressed Aglia spinners come in sizes #00 through #5. A #00 is a Mepps Ultra Lite and it weighs only 1/18 oz.
These little trout and panfish lures are dressed with natural hackle. They are also available as wooly worms. The
#0 Aglia Spin Fly is also a Wooly Worm. It too is perfect for both panfish and trout and weighs 1/12 oz. Larger
dressed Aglias weigh up to 1/2 oz. (#5). The hooks on dressed Aglias in sizes #1-#5 are dressed with natural squirrel
tail or bucktail.
Dressed Aglias (Ultra Lites and Wooly Worms) in size #00 or #0 are perfect for panfish (bluegills or sunfish)
and small stream trout. They are very light, however, and require a nimble rod, equipped with a light action
reel spooled with light line; nothing heavier than six-pound-test. Two-pound-test to four-pound-test is better.
Dressed Aglias in size #1 and #2 are perfect for larger stream trout and large bluegills, sunfish and crappies.
Size #2 Aglias are also excellent for smallmouth bass and walleye.
Mepps Aglias in sizes #3 and #4 are preferred by largemouth bass fishermen. In fact, the #3 dressed Mepps Aglia
was rated the best all around lure for largemouth bass by the readers of Sports Afield magazine.
Size #4 and #5 Aglias are ideal for large rainbow trout and steelhead, as well as coho (silver) and chinook (king)
salmon. Northern pike and giant tackle busting musky will inhale a dressed #5 Mepps spinner.
Testimonials
| Reviewer: | George Lutz (Lake Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth |
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| Last week I fished with three great friends and fellow Bass fishermen. After an hour of throwing spinner bait of ever color in the spectrum, the team was skunked. I pulled out my trusted arsenal of Mepps Aglia and chose a 1/4 oz brass body with a silver/Red & White spinner blade. Within one hour, I had landed six very desirable Largemouth Bass ranging from 1 to 3 pounds. I have used the Mepps products for years and many more to come!! This is a great product without exception!! |
| Reviewer: | Tony Scott (Chuitt River, Alaska, Alaska) |
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| Fish Caught: | Salmon, Coho (silver) |
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| The power of this small simple lure is amazing. In a low and clear stream, the #0 with silver blade was perfect for presentation around snags to fish that otherwise would be spooked by larger lures. With this one lure, we caught native Grayling and Rainbow Trout as well as the smaller Silver Salmon that ran up the stream. I never had to change my lure for the entire week unless I lost one on a snag. |
| Reviewer: | Tony Scott (North Central Ontario; Red Lake, Ontario, Ontario, Canada) |
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| Fish Caught: | Trout, Lake |
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| The #4 with silver blade and plain single hook is excellent for catching Lake Trout that have moved up in to the shallows early in the season or late in the Summer when the spawn begins. The lure is light so will not spook them when casting in shallower water and you can keep it off the rocks which is where you find them! |
| Reviewer: | Riley Berish (Clark Fork River, Thompson Falls, Montana) |
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| Fish Caught: | Pike, Northern - Trout, Cutthroat - Trout, Rainbow |
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| I cast my Aglia upstream, let it sink and a huge northern just hammered it. |
| Reviewer: | Robbie Yanos (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Smallmouth |
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| Today using the gold bladed size 2 brown tail Mepps Aglia, I caught a smallmouth. It was an amazing fight. The fish jumped over 2 feet in the air 4 times. The gold blade is amazing when it's slightly overcast or you're fishing under a tree. The fish ended up being 1.5 pounds 13 inches. It may not be big, but it's a whole lot more fun than catching tiny sunnies. |
| Reviewer: | Robert Yanos (Birdsboro, Pa, Pennsylvania) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Rock - Bass, Smallmouth - Bluegill (Bream, Brim) |
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With these lures I almost always catch a fish(there isn't a large population of fish where I fish). I only have 5 different colors of the size 2, but they're all I need(unless I lose one). I caught the largest and most hard fighting freshwater fish of my life with a size 2 silver blade brown tail dressed Aglia. It was a 16 inch smallmouth(where I fish there isn't a big food source so that's just about as big as they get). This bait must of made the bass strike out of agression because when it hit I literally got mad because I thought it was a snag. Too bad I didn't have a scale with me(probably 2+ pounds.) Also when I got the lure out, I pulled all the dressing off the tail:( When I'm fishing for bass, sometimes, I get a real nice sized rock bass and they hit and fight hard also a really tough fighter for it's size. Again, I think they bite out of pure agression or they are just REALLY hungry. Hope you catch something "wait", let me rephrase that, "catch something big." You won't regret buying this lure. I've tried rooster tails, but the wire is cheap and bends with some of the smallest panfish. Another thing wrong with the rooster tail is that I found with some you have to dry them off or they rust with in a couple of weeks or so. Aslo it can be hard to make the spoon spin with them, but the Aglia's once they hit the water they start spinning.
I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH GET A MEPPS DRESSED AGLIA. |
| Reviewer: | John Cummings (Ipswitch River ,Topsfield, Massachusetts) |
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| Fish Caught: | Pike, Northern - Trout, Brook - Trout, Brown - Trout, Rainbow |
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| Most consistent fish catching lures I use anywhere. Had been hooked on another similar spinner but after getting out fished a couple of times made the switch and now its me who's loaning out lures to others who are getting out fished!Started with trout in the Ipswich river , now use Mepps everywhere for anything! |
| Reviewer: | Chad Meyer (Southeast Nebraska Farm Ponds, Nebraska) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth |
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| I don't know what it is about the B2ST S-W silver/white Mepps #2 Aglias that makes them bass killers in farm ponds, but they are. In fact, if the bass aren't hitting on that particular lure, it's been my experience that they aren't hitting on anything. I've probably bought 2 dozen of them over the years and I usually buy 2 or 3 at a time because I've donated so many to snags and sticks fishing "cover" in ponds, but it's been money well spent. I first tried one as a fluke because it was in my Mepps Basser kit and I'd tried all the flashier lures in the kit one day along with several other makes and models of lure and they just weren't biting. I had no expectation of success with the "plain" silver spinner and white tail, but I proceeded to catch 9 pan-size bass within the next 30 minutes in one walk around the same pond I'd been fishing for an hour without a bite. This is the do-all and end-all lure for catching largemouth bass in our farm ponds. Good job Mepps, and don't dare discontinue this lure. |
| Reviewer: | Joe M. (Salt Creek, Portage , Indiana) |
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| Fish Caught: | Salmon, Chinook (king) |
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I was using a Mepps Aglia #3 hot orange. On my third cast, I caught a 9 1/2 lb 30 inch Chinook. I've been fishing since I was 5 years old. I'm 41 and have used Mepps my whole life. I LOVE THESES LURES.I don't know how many fish I've caught with Mepps lures but I have confidence every time I use them.
THANKS Mepps! |
| Reviewer: | Puck (Mantua Reservoir, Utah) |
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| Fish Caught: | Trout, Rainbow |
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| The #0 Aglia plain treble is one of the best lures money can buy with the rainbow trout blade. I have caught bluegill, sunfish and bass one day on the water with my brand new copper #0 Aglia. I casted out to catch some of the big bluegill at Mantua Reservoir. I casted 3 or 4 times and all of a sudden my drag started going and I felt a thousand puonds on the end of my line. I got it closer to shore and I saw it was a gigantic rainbow 17.5 inches long 2.5 to 3 pounds....great catch for a brand new lure. Thanks Mepps, keep up the good work! |
| Reviewer: | Mark W. Emmith (Central Maine, Maine) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth - Bass, Smallmouth - Bluegill (Bream, Brim) - Perch, White - Perch, Yellow - Pickerel - Pike, Northern |
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There are some days when we will fish with only one lure, and that is, the #5 Aglia dressed white with a silver blade. On every trip to Maine, we stop at Cabela's and buy as many as they have because we know they will be beaten to a pulp.
They are attacked by pickerel, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and northern pike. It is a phenomenal lure and will oftentimes save a trip from being blah. Thanks MEPPS! |
| Reviewer: | Gary Abarr (San Gregorio Lake, New Mexico) |
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| Fish Caught: | Trout, Lake |
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| I was using an Aglia BOST 1/12 S-G Mepps made for me. I netted a 14in big fat Lake trout with it. I have also caught many, many fish on this special lure. It's one of my favorite lures, and I can't thank Mepps enough. Mepps 1/12 Aglia is one of the best lures out there. |
| Reviewer: | Matt Kiekintveld (Pickeral Lake, Newago, Michigan) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth - Bass, Rock - Pike, Northern |
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| All I have to say is dang! It seems to me that my white Mepps is one of the greatest lures in my tackle box, it hasn't failed me yet, I consistently catch some great northerns on it, when all else fails, my Mepps doesn't let me down, it kills me inside anytime I lose one, this is by far one of my favorite lures, hands down one of the greatest ever made in my opinion. |
| Reviewer: | Julian (Presumpscot River, Westbrook, Maine) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Smallmouth - Perch, Yellow - Trout, Brook |
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| I've been using my size 1 Aglia dressed treble for two days, and have already landed 6 fish with it! This lure is amazing, I would highly recommend it to anyone, and it's the first thing I go to now! |
| Reviewer: | John (My Friend's Pond, Maryland) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth |
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| I've used every lure you can think, but never a Mepps. I've caught plenty of fish up to about 6 inches. Then I bought a Mepps. In 2 hours, my friend and I caught 9 bass all about a foot long except one that was 16 inches and 2.5 pounds. That is the biggest bass I've ever caught. We caught all of these using Mepps #2 plain Aglia plain trebles with gold blades. Thanks Mepps! You just gave me my most memorable fishing trip ever! |
| Reviewer: | Brian Gierat (Chicago Area (Des Plaines River), Illinois) |
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| Fish Caught: | Carp |
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Wow...while fishing for pike I noticed a large carp over 10 pounds in the shallows. On a lark, I swam my #5 Mepps Aglia in front of her nose only to watch the huge carp inhale my spinner! Was an incredible battle with powerful runs to mid-river but I did land that fish. 12 pound carp...so much fun.
Two days later...I caught a 16 inch channel cat on the same #5 and some pike up to 24 inches. What else can you say?! |
| Reviewer: | Pucker (Pioneer Park Pond, Utah) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth - Bass, Smallmouth - Bass, Striped |
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| The size 2 dressed Aglia with a silver blade and brown dressing is the best lure you could get for bass and big trout GO MEPPS! |
| Reviewer: | Dallas Morrison (Little Valley, New York) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth - Bluegill (Bream, Brim) - Catfish, Channel - Perch, Yellow - Sunfish (shellcracker) |
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| I got my my first Mepps lure last year because I ran out of lures and needed some new ones. It was one of the best decisions I've made getting one. I got the Aglia Plain Treble Hot Firetiger #1. I caught easily over 50 largemouth bass with around 20-25 of them all over a foot long last season. The largest of the season was 18 inches. So far this fishing season I have caught over 30 and around 20 have been over a foot long with the longest around 17 inches. I've caught 2 channel catfish both around 13 or 14 inches, one this season, one last season. I've e caught 2 perch this year both around 11 inches long and I've caught 2 small bluegill this season, none last season. I only have that one lure and it has never disappointed me. I want to get a few more that are a little bigger for some bigger fish. This has to be the best lure in the world. I can't wait to try all the different types. |
| Reviewer: | Randolph Morris (Nushagak River, Alaska) |
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| Fish Caught: | Salmon, Coho (silver) |
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| In 2011, this will be my 5th trip back to the Nushagak River in Alaska. The silver Salmon fishing is fantastic. One can easily catch 20 to 30 Silvers every day. Hot pink and orange in #4 and #5 always work the best with hot chartreuse as a back up. As a plus, there is always plenty of wild game and beautiful scenery to admire and enjoy. Randy Morris |
| Reviewer: | Jordan (All Over) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth - Bass, Smallmouth - Bass, White - Crappie (Black) - Crappie (White) - Musky - Pike, Northern - Trout, Rainbow - Walleye |
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| This lure is amazing! I had one that lasted me 2 years of heavy use until it got snagged and the line broke. But, it paid its dues producing well over 100 fish, mostly pike, and now I'm ordering 5 more I'm so impressed, best lure ever! Its practically cheating. |
| Reviewer: | William Chalmers (Colchester Pond, Vermont) |
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| Fish Caught: | Pike, Northern |
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| I used the pink and white GLO Aglia plain treble last night and caught 7 rock bass and one nice northern. I was told by Mr. Meppsman (Ted Najzer) that pink was a good color for fish and sure enough he was right. I just kept on pulling in fish on this thing. |
| Reviewer: | Alex (Wausau, WI, Wisconsin) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth - Bass, Smallmouth - Pike, Northern |
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| In about 2 hours, me and a friend landed 8 pike and 4 bass with a number 5 Aglia. Great lure around docks. |
| Reviewer: | Alex (Big Stone Lake, Three Lakes , Wisconsin) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth - Bass, Rock - Bass, Smallmouth - Bluegill (Bream, Brim) - Perch, Yellow - Pickerel - Pike, Northern |
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| If it swims this lure will catch it! |
| Reviewer: | Susan S (Cedar Lake, Canada - Gile Flowage, Hurley WI, Illinois) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth - Bass, Smallmouth - Musky - Pike, Northern - Walleye |
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| Yep, these lures catch about almost anything and everything. Size of what a Mepps can catch that is alive, ranges from minnows to children and everything in between (in my father's case that is). When you put on a Mepps Aglia it feels like you're cheating in the fishing world, it's just that damn good. Anyways the colors my family have used and been successful on are: orange painted with either the black or grey tail, the Brown Trout with a grey tail, the Rainbow Trout paint with white or grey tail, silver blade and white tail, hot pink paint and black tail with a red feather down the middle. Really every single one of the colors works, if the color you have isn't working, keep switching to a different color until you find one that works. To cut down your searching time, ask other people at the dock or on the lake fishing what color they have been catching fish on, or go by how dark or light it is outside. Dark colors on a dark day and bright colors on a bright day. Oh, and we use size #'s 3,4,5,and Musky Killers. |
| Reviewer: | Dr. Jerry McNally (Plainfield, Illinois) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth - Trout, Lake - Trout, Rainbow |
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| Fishing season has not even started here in Northeastern Illinois and I have already caught more fish than all of last season thanks to Mepps! OK . . . I hate to give away my secret, but by using the #1 & 2 white Aglia dressed spinner, I caught 15 largemouth bass in a couple of hours. Granted they were not very large, but a lot of fun for the first bass of spring. Then while trout fishing, I was tired of watching trout swim past my dough and nibble bait, so I picked up my other rod and began to toss the #2 white Aglia dressed spinner and BAM!!! I had a nice rainbow trout on. My wife did the same with a #1 and began to catch trout as well. We caught 5 very nice trout, with my wife catching the largest! |
| Reviewer: | Adrian Webb (Leven River, Gunns Plains. TASMANIA., Australia) |
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| Fish Caught: | Trout, Brown |
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The Leven River in the North of Tasmania is probably one of the best trout streams here,and over the last two days fishing this great little river and using Mepps Aglia #00 spinners I managed to have 52 hook ups. A total catch of 37 beautifully conditioned Brown Trout were landed and released. With the river being stained from recent rains the Aglia worked to perfection.The biggest Brown went 1 lb. with the overall average weight being 3/4 lb. The gold colour worked great for the one mile of river that I fished, and once again the Mepps lures showed why they are the World's No 1 Lure.
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| Reviewer: | David Peck (Montgomery area, Alabama) |
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In 1966 I was 13 years old. One day my cousin and I went fishing with some lures we had gotten from our grandfather's tacklebox .
One of those lures was a #2 gold blade mepps agila, the lure that I used. My cousin used something else. We went to an old farm pond on the land we lived on that belonged to a cotton farmer our parents used to work for. As my cousin and I were walking around the pond he spotted a 2 pound largemouth bass that came to the bank and hid in some weeds right at the edge of the bank. My cousin called me and showed where the bass had gone down. I was using an old 33 zebco with ten pound test line on it. I cast that #2 mepps out about 20 feet into pond and brought it right across that bass head and BA-BOOM he came up out of the water with the lure hung in the side of its mouth. I was so excited I did'nt even wind the reel, I just ran backwards and dragged it up on the bank. My very first bass!
Since then the mepps family of lures have been my favorite, and one day I will pass them on to my grandsons
David Peck, Jr. |
| Reviewer: | Ryan (South WI, Wisconsin) |
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| Fish Caught: | Bass, Largemouth |
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| A buddy and I went bass fishing every day for about a week and a half and only landed one 12 in largemouth bass. After using everything in the tackle box, I saw the old rusty Mepps. Since I used everything else, I figured I would give it a try. That night we caught 4 bass, and made a trip to Gander Mountain to buy some new shiny Mepps. The next morning we caught no less than TEN 14.5 inch FIVE 13 inch and TWO 17 inch along with about FOUR pike ranging from 22 in. to 24 inches. Wow, I think we found out what we were doing wrong... We weren't using Mepps. Now, we only use Mepps. |
| Reviewer: | Brian Gierat (Chicago Area, Illinois) |
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| Fish Caught: | Pike, Northern |
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Let's just say....if I could only take "one" lure with me anywhere in the world to fish, it would be by far a #5 Mepps spinner. These lures catch everything when other lures produce nothing. It's true because I've proved it over and over. Pike simply cannot resist them. Best lure ever!!!!
Many thanks to the Sheldon legacy!!!!! |
| Reviewer: | Peter Edwards (Bridgewater Canal, Manchester, UK, United Kingdom) |
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| Fish Caught: | Pike, Northern |
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| I use the Mepps Aglia Fluorescent's in UK canals, I believe that the Aglia Fluorescent is only available in Europe, and the US version is the Aglia Glo. Since I started using the Mepps Aglia Fluorescent in the canals of the North West of England, I simply haven't stopped catching fish. The main two predators in UK canals are Perch and Pike, and I have caught both species with great regularity using the Aglia Fluorescent. In fact, since I started using the Aglia Fluorescent's several weeks ago now, there has not been one single fishing session where I have failed to catch a fish. The high visibility of the Aglia Fluorescent is absolutely deadly in the cloudy waters of UK canals. |
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Aglia #3
The Mepps Aglia is the classic Mepps spinner. Living up to its name, the Aglia blade has a classic steady beat as it is retrieved. In fact, a musician can count its quick beat... 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4. It's both lively and bright. Because the French blade on the Aglia spins at a steady 60° angle from the spinner's body, its sound is also steady and very easy to hear.
