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SHIMANO OCEA BETTYU HIRAMASA 190F STICKBAIT LURE

This is a colourful floating stickbait lure from Shimano designed to target distance feeding pelagic species. The Flash Boost technology suspends a foil mirror, on small sensitive springs, inside of the lures body. This area of the body is translucent, enabling flashes to be seen when the lure wobbles. This allows the lure to constantly flash, even when the lure remains stationary. This improves strike rates, especially in bright conditions.

Scale Boost is a three-dimensional holographic film that offers life-like reality. It follows the scale pattern and colours of the fish it replicates, in terms of size, shape and overlap, to increase attractiveness. The slim profile of the lure maximises casting distance and the mid-tuned centre of gravity ensures the lure sits with an upright posture when paused, reducing the chance of hook entanglement. It can

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