-
Paul Bunyan's Lucky "66" ®️ spinnerbaits feature a serpentine head. The heads are available in seven different colors.
-
Paul Bunyan's Lucky "66"®️ spinnerbaits are made in the USA and are available in 3 different sizes: 1/4 ounce, 3/8 ounce and 1 ounce.
-
Feather tails are available in 10 different colors, allowing you to mix and match different color heads and tails
Company Name
Encore
ŏn′kôr″
noun
1. A demand by an audience for an additional performance, usually expressed by applause.
2. An additional performance in response to an audience's demand.
3. A call by an audience for a repetition of some part of a performance.
Encore Tackle is pleased to introduce Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”®️ for its encore performance. Extensive field testing revealed that fresh and saltwater game fish are just as fond of the spinnerbait now as they were in the past. Largemouth, smallmouth, pike, muskies, white bass, crappie and stripers love Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”®️. Redfish, speckled tout, snook, Spanish mackerel, Kingfish, and Jack Fish are also big fans of the inline spinnerbait.
Company Background
Encore Tackle was founded with the goal of reintroducing several lines of lures that for one reason, or another, were discontinued even though they enjoyed widespread popularity. Over a five-year span, we researched a number of different manufacturing options, including teaming with well-known manufactures. Time after time, we were told that Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”®️ was hand built and the lure couldn’t be manufactured today using modern manufacturing techniques. Well, they were wrong, and we are pleased to re-introduce Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”®️ to anglers after an absence of 50+ years. Additional lures from Encore Tackle will be making their encore performance in the upcoming months, so stay in touch.
Encore Tackle sells our lures and merchandise exclusively through our online store and through a limited number of carefully selected partners.
Proudly Made in the USA
People ask us “Why do you manufacture your lures in the United States?”. We ask in return: “Why wouldn’t we?” Encore Tackle proudly manufactures Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”®️ in the United States and we salute other fishing tackle companies that choose to manufacturer their products here in the USA. When you purchase a Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”®️, you are supporting American jobs and American families. We sincerely appreciate your support.
Fresh Thinking
Since Encore Tackle sells our lures online, they were never intended to hang from a peg board in a retail store. As such, we use non-traditional packaging. Since we aren’t trying to catch fishermen in a store, we have eliminated the colorful cardboard hanging cards and plastic blister packs. Sadly, sometimes the plastic packaging is dropped on the shores of our lakes, rivers, and bay systems, remaining there for years.
Like our customers, Encore Tackle loves the outdoors and take seriously our responsibility of being good stewards of our watersheds and fisheries. We felt the need to bring fresh thinking to our packaging strategy.
Goal 1: Eliminate all plastic.
Instead of plastic bags and blister packs, Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”™ spinnerbaits are placed on die cut cardboard inserts and then slid into rigid paper tubes. This environmentally friendly design keeps the lures safely in place during shipment, without the use of plastic.
Goal 2: Biodegradable materials
Most fishermen are not litterbugs; however, plastic packaging can inadvertently slip out of the most careful angler’s hand or blow out of the boat while underway. We know because it has happened to us before. Therefore, we made the decision to use only biodegradable packaging materials so that any packaging that inadvertently gets left behind will break down and disappear in several months.
Goal 3: Crush Resistant
When you see the quality of our feathered tails firsthand, you will find them to be extremely thick and plush. Our feathered tails come alive in the water and gamefish can’t resist them. Our packaging prevents them from being crushed and helps keep the feathered tails in pristine condition until you are ready to fish with them.
Advantages of Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”®️
• Tails crafted from feathers and fur have more action in the water than plastic or rubber spinnerbait skirts
• Our Easy Open & Close wire form allows the feathered tails to be easily changed out in just a few seconds
• Weight forward design allows for long casts
• More wind resistant than traditional safety-pin style spinnerbaits
• All three sizes can be fished in shallow or deep water
• A bait harness can be used in lieu of a feathered tail
Fishing Techniques
Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”®️ inline spinnerbaits are great for both fresh and saltwater fish. They can be fished in shallow or deep water. Keeping your rod tip up allows you to retrieve the lure just beneath the water’s surface.
Try different retrieves to discover what the fish like. A steady retrieve will often yield good results. Try varying the speed of your retrieve in different seasons. Adding a rod twitch every 5-10 seconds during your retrieve will help draw reaction strikes.
Paul Bunyan's Lucky "66"®️ spinnerbaits can also be trolled for pike, muskies, walleye, and lake trout. The easy-open wire form allows you to easily change out the feather tail for a bait harness.
In saltwater, Paul Bunyan's Lucky "66"®️ is a great choice for speckled trout, redfish, and snook in back bays and over grass beds. The 1-ounce version is great for jetty and surf fishermen that target stripers, jackfish, and blues.
During summer months, kingfish, Spanish mackerel, and Mahi Mahi can't resist brightly colored Paul Bunayn's Lucky ""66"®️ trolled behind a boat.
We Want to Hear From You
Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram. We would love to hear from you and we welcome you to submit pictures of the fish you catch on Paul Bunyan’s Lucky “66”®️ for us to post on social media.
Feathers and Fur
This Product Contains Lead
Paul Bunyan's Lucky "66" spinnerbaits contain lead and are not legal to use in states that ban lead fishing tackle.