Craig Sandell © 2006

There are different approaches to the dressing of the hooks for in0line bucktails. In recent years, the use feather dressing to create that ‘recently blow dried’ look has been employed by some bucktail manufacturers.

Joining the ranks of lures like the Boo-tail, is the Musky marabou from Mepps. This is a very well made lure and comes with the reputation of the Mepps company.

There are many color option that are available from Mepps. I have chosen the Black/Chartreuse feather pattern with the hot Chartreuse blade as an example. The lure comes with a large Colorado blade and two treble hooks, one in the body and one at the tail.

The treble in the body is a dressed hook. That means that if for some reason hook will not take a point or gets a treble bent or has a treble cut to dislodge it from a Muskie…you will need to get a dressed hook to replace it. When last I checked, Mepps was not offering replacement dressed hooks. The tail hook is not dressed so replacement is made easy through the use of a split ring.

The color chart below was taken from the web page at Jackson Lures and will give you some perspective regarding available blade and feather colors and patterns. Visit The Musky America Store to purchase the Marabou…a good price for the quality of construction and components.