It goes without saying that this kid brother of the Cicada is a final weapon for artificial ponds. Its appeal performance in still water is inherited from the Cicada. Its downsizing won’t provoke any alarm and the wiser the fish, the more effective it becomes. Equipped with a single tail hook, it’s not just another size variation, but a newly designed cicada both in terms of shape and weight balance.

Onbu-batta (Smaller longheaded locust)
Even though this is a sinking lure, it behaves like a spoon, enabling attack at all depth zones from the surface to the bottom according to the height of the rod tip and the count down. The Onbu-battaﾕs spoon-like features include the ability to maintain an accurate depth and vertical appeal, depending on adjustments to the retrieval speed and the way the angler moves the rod. It presents reduced resistance in drawing even with a specialized spoon rod and its horizontal eye allows a single hook for a spoon to be fitted. All these features make this a plug that is highly recommended even for spoon-oriented anglers to use without hesitation.

This is a floating type lure that presents the image of a cicada struggling on the surface of the water. It features not only stop and go movement and twitching in the surface zone, but also an excellent wobbling action during steady retrieval.

This lure displays its strength in the mid-depth zone. It is a suspended type that presents the image of a grasshopper tossing about in the water. Its rather big lip makes slow retrieval easy and it is ideal for targeting a point without haste.

This is a deep diving plug that exhibits its ability when the fish stay rather deep. It moves like a tiny shrimp frantically swimming about trying to escape at the bottom of a lake. The most effective form of retrieval is to first let the Shrimp sink a little.

Type of fish, size, pond conditions, style...Taking into account the diversification of artificial pond fishing, crankbaits have recently become a focus of attention. They not only make possible steady retrieval, but also present superb sudden turn-over movements during twitching. Whatﾕs more, you can use the Crank like a surface plug.

This is a top water plug (flat type pencil bait) designed for use when the target is trout that are very conscious of the surface in still water. Unlike a plug with a lip, the Platy is a model strongly recommended for anglers who enjoy rod work. It is particularly effective when moved to present the image of a small fish swimming to right and left near the surface while trying to escape, shaking its head sharply in the backwash.

This small suspended minnow is specially designed for fishing in mountain streams. Even in free-flowing water, it blends in with the water and swims properly, and it produces excellent sudden turn-over movements when twitching is applied. With its body size of just 41mm and made up to resemble a baitfish, this is the lure to take with you when you head for the mountains.

"I want a lure I can use during the season of the spring cicada at lakes such as the natural lakes in Hokkaido or Chuzenji-ko and Ashino-ko on the main island of Honshu." This talented plug was developed from the ﾔworks projectﾕ organized by Tackle House to meet requests like this. Imagine a cicada moving around on the surface of the water and cast under an overhang or at a shallow point.

The know-how fostered by the elfin Series for fishing the trout unique to artificial ponds has been wonderfully harmonized with the production technology of the Twinkle Spoon. Despite its weight of just 1g, its thick, compact body enables it to trace the deep zone. And because of the design which makes it move efficiently through water, it swims properly even during super-slow retrieval.

The elfin Spoon II enables even slower retrieval than the elfin Spoon and it swims more slowly nearer the surface. Its broad action stimulates the biting instincts of veteran trout that long ago lost their innocence swimming around artificial ponds.