Frapp Rowdy Head

Frapp Rowdy Head – Bucktail Pike Lure, 24 cm / 70 g

The Frapp Rowdy Head is a ready-to-fish bucktail lure for pike: a bulky silicone head with a full natural bucktail of deer hair, feathers and lurex, and a Frapp Tricky Tail 8" mounted as the trailer. Together they give you a 24 cm profile that pushes a lot of water and still fishes well on a plain cast and retrieve.

The head has noise slits. Water is forced through the head and out sideways, which creates irregular pulses around the skirt and the trailer. Pike pick that up on their lateral line, and the turbulence also shows up clearly on live sonar, so you can follow the lure on screen when you fish from the boat.

Fished slowly without extra weight it runs about a metre deep, ideal over weed beds and along reed beds. Clip an Illex John Weight to the loop under the head and it runs deeper, over drop-offs or on pelagic pike. The screw-in tail system holds the Tricky Tail straight and lets you swap it for the 10" version or another soft lure of a similar size. Two sharp 2/0 treble hooks on a free-moving split ring system complete the rig.

Best used for

• Pike fishing with big lures on a baitcaster
• Slow rolling over weed beds and along reed beds
• Searching open water and drop-offs with an added weight
• Coloured water, wind and low visibility
• Live sonar fishing from the boat

Key features

• Natural bucktail with feathers and lurex for a big, pulsing profile
• Noise slits in the head for irregular water displacement
• Weight loop under the head to adjust sink rate and depth
• Screw-in tail system, Frapp Tricky Tail 8" included
• Two sharp 2/0 treble hooks on a stainless steel system

Specifications

• Type: bucktail lure with soft trailer
• Length: 24 cm
• Weight: 70 g (with Tricky Tail 8")
• Running depth: about 1 m on a slow retrieve, deeper with added weight
• Hooks: 2 x treble 2/0
• Head: silicone with noise slits

Perfect to combine with:
Frapp Tricky Tail 8" (spare trailer)
Frapp Tricky Tail 10"
Illex John Weight (extra weight for the loop)
Frapp collection

Want to know how we fish it? Read our blog: Frapp Rowdy Head: a ready-to-fish bait pike can't ignore.