(Provided by PRADCO Lures)
YUM Flash Mob, Jr.The Yum Flash Mob Jr. is making a name for itself.
The umbrella rig accounted for Oklahomas Jason Christie win last weekend at the FLW Tour Event on Arkansas Beaver Lake in which he set the record for largest total weight for a Beaver Lake FLW event, and caught big bass of the tournament.
Christies win comes on the heels of last weeks B.A.S.S. Southern Open on Tennessees Douglas Lake, in which Georgias Patrick Bone threw the Flash Mob Jr. to victory.
Thats back-to-back major tournament victories for almost $175,000 in winnings.
The majority of anglers at both the B.A.S.S. Douglas Lake tournament and the FLW Beaver Lake event threw castable umbrella rigs, the hottest and most-effective technique for catching big bass during the early season. There is a learning curve for every new fishing tactic, but when 99 percent of competitors are doing the same thing, it leaves little doubt that they believe in it.
The Flash Mob Jr. is constructed from stainless steel that is repeatedly heat-treated for strength and memory. It holds its shape without kinking or bending, which can weaken the wires and caught a catastrophic failure when a big fish hits.
Size and weight is another criticism of castable umbrella rigs. Theyre just too heavy to cast all day long, require special reinforced rods and 65-pound super braided line and cast like a big chunk of liver. The Flash Mob Jr., however, weighs about ¾-ounce and is capable of taking smaller, lighter weight jigheads. When fully rigged, the Jr. can weigh less than 2-ounces, making it easier to cast and fish all day long.
The angler finishing second in the Beaver Lake event was throwing a homemade umbrella rig consisting two sets of lure arms and nine or 10 jigheads, and said that it not only wore him out physically, but tangled in the net and resulted in lost fishing time while he picked it out.
Christies Flash Mob Jr. was rigged with 3/16-ounce Money Head Jigs and a variety of soft plastic swimbaits including 4-inch YUM Mud Minnows, and the total weight of his rig was less than 2 ounces. He threw it on 20-lb Silver Thread fluorocarbon.
Most of Christies fish were caught in 4- to 7-feet of water. Because of the lighter weight and the tension created when the rigs willowleaf blades spin, the Flash Mob Jr. can be fished in shallower water without snagging.
The weekend prior to the B.A.S.S. Southern Open, Douglas Lake hosted a Professional Anglers Association tournament that also was won by a castable umbrella rig. On Day 1 of that event, pro angler Timmy Horton used a Flash Mob Jr. to weigh in a limit of almost 30 pounds.
Ben Wright from Peru, N.Y., won the co-angler division of The Bass Federations National Championship on Oklahomas Grand Lake O the Cherokees using a Flash Mob Jr.
Billy Lemon, the Oklahoma angler who used the original YUMbrella to catch the new Grand Lake largemouth bass record just a week after the Bassmaster Classic, said the rig has helped him win roughly $20,000 in winnings over the last two months. His Grand Lake record bass weighed 12.3-pounds.