Becker continues: “We also have some classic colors—chartreuse root beer and a regular root beer—which are all around good patterns. These have been proven patterns for years and now they’re available in a Bagley crankbait. We’ve also got a couple bluegill colors—purple gill which is a color that I helped design and is my go-to perch imitator. It mimics perch really well and is dynamite on smallmouth bass when they’re feeding on perch. There’s also an orange belly bluegill to match bluegills when they get really colorful. There are two shad colors as well—blue chartreuse shad and olive blue shad. Both of those are killer shad imitators. They shine in a host of different water clarities and will catch bass all season long.”
Bass Elite pro Drew Benton has been fishing the new patterns in a variety of Bagley models lately and is super impressed. He summarizes Bagley’s move into custom-painted baits nicely.
“I love the fact that Bagley went in the direction in the hand-painted look and design. Every time you’re throwing a balsa bait and it’s been created by hand—like these—you can really tell the love and the craftsmanship that’s gone into each bait. They just run and fish better than the competition. As a result, they simply catch more fish. The new cranks have some great muted tones to the patterns—they’re not super flashy. The forage colors are just spot on. With these ten new colors you ought to be able to catch fish from the far north to the deep south and you can match the forage of any river, lake, or reservoir you fish. That was the goal, and I collaborated with them on these patterns. My biggest input was Bagley was a brand that made its way in the fishing market by producing hand-crafted balsa and I thought we needed to get back to that hand painted design and now Bagley has knocked it out of the park with these 10 new colors across their lineup.”
Whether you’re a fishing pro or a weekend angler, you’re going to want to give Bagley’s new patterns that cover the esteemed Balsa B series, the Diving B, the Pro Sunny B, Pro Sunny B Twin Spin, the Flat Balsa B2, and the Balsa Wake, a shot. They represent serious coast-to-coast fish-catchers and have been painstakingly designed to meet the forage-matching requirements on waters from the deep south to the far north. Trust us, you will not be disappointed.
New colors will be available spring 2022.
