so whats the difference

 letsgetem wrote:

From the talk, and Nepptune's amazing hoard of lures above - I assume that stick baits are all the rage overseas. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case in NZ. eg I went into the three major fishing shops in Rotorua, and no-one had any stick baits. Plenty of poppers, and hard lures designed for trolling; but nothing that you could call a stick bait, ie for casting and retrieving. Maybe the shops are just to darn small to fit them all in - what with the explosion in soft plastic lures (I refuse to call them baits), then fast jigs, slow jigs. etc. And holding stock takes money - in short supply!! 

I think you just stated the situation in NZ pretty well.  

Throw in the fact that nearly all stores don't have the staff who know much about this sort of fishing.  We are starting to see REAL popper and stickbaits and they are a cut above the old reliable ones we all have lurking in the garage.  Likewise the modern popper rods, totally different to what most people were used to and could afford. 

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