A common thing in sea angling media is to see reviews of tackle tests on a specific product, but rarely do we see a side-by-side comparison looking at products from two rival brands. With squid, or ‘eging’, season well underway, I thought I’d take a look at the performance of the world’s most dominant squid jig brand, Yamashita, from Japan, versus Fiiish, from France, who are well renowned for soft and hard plastic lures and have recently entered the squid fishing market with an innovative new design called the “Power Tail Squid”.
To provide some context and background, I have been a die-hard user of Yamashita Warm Jacket jigs, either in the 3.00 or 3.5 size. For those of you who know the range, I particularly