Half price Rapala Glidin' Rap

I didn't know Rapala made jerkbaits either. First impressions of this one straight out of the box are it's a well-made, good looking lure. It's roughly the same shape and size as a Shad Rap, but without the lip and with finer-guage VMC trebles.

Not every mass-produced lure does what it says on the tin, but they reckon this one will get down to 5ft and zig zag if you bring it in with downward taps of the rod. I'll let you know how I get on with it.

+++They're half price at Harris Sportsmail at the moment - £8.49 instead of £16.99.

Another must-have pike fishing lure..?

My must-haves just gained another member. This is a Bagley B-Flat. I have no idea why they call them these, other than they're a bit, well, flat. You'll notice this one is in fairly pristine nick. I did have another one, which caught several, before I lost it on a snag trolling.

It was a ringer for the surviving member of the pair I bought on eBay. As in almost identical. But it didn't seem to sink quite as fast, or have the pike appeal of its long departed cousin, which is probably still festooning some old bit of junk in one of the boatyards at Wroxham.