April Freshwater Lure of the Month:
The Lindy Shadling
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April Freshwater Lure of the Month:
The Lindy Shadling
The Lindy Tackle Company dates all the way back to 1968, when it was
founded by the members of the Nisswa Guides' League located in the
Brainerd Lakes Area of Minnesota. Their goal was simple: to create a
revolutionary new walleye fishing product that the world had never seen
before called the Lindy Rig. The lure they created was an instant hit.
The Nisswa crew went to demonstrations, fisheries, and seminars in the
upper Midwest, soon the Lady Rig by the thousands! The Lindy Rig has
since been joined by the Dingo Jig and the Spin Rig as the top lures
produced by the Lindy boys.
Soon Lindy outgrew the ability of it's founders to continue to finance the growth, so it was sold to Ray-O-Vac in 1973. Ray-O-Vac had just purchased Mille Lacs Mfg., so they merged Lindy and MLM to create their Fishing Tackle Division. After a few years of experimentation, the tackle division decided to stream line their efforts and focus solely marketing to the fastly growing niche of walleye fishing. The company is credited with identifying walleye fishing as a market and also with developing many of the walleye fishing methods and products which dominate the arena to this day.
The Lindy Shadling is a lure designed with incredible attention to
detail. The Shadling successfully emulates both the basic patterns and
subtle undertones of a variety of common baitifish species. The
secondary hues flash as the shadling swims and triggers savage strikes
from all species of gamefish. Add to that the ultra-realisitc
holographic eyes and predators don't mistake the Shadling for anything
other than real prey. Lindy's cutting edge pull-point technology
ensures the Shadling will track true out of the package every single
time. It's tight wiggling action does not need to be tuned and will
reliably perform at the highest trolling speeds needed for gamefish.
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