I am definitely a believer in these lures after this weekend. I had never used them before, but the boater I was paired with had a very good supply. They may have played a huge part in the second place finish we had on Mille Lacs this weekend. 
So far, I like what I see from the Flicker Shad. Our largest eye came on a #5 black gold sunrise, on pool 4. They also produced on Lewis and Clark lake, Yankton, SD.
Dean Marshall at Everts on Pool 4 has some at $2.99 right now. 
Caught my limit of 16 inch eaters last night in 2 hours on Firetiger and Chartruse/White #7’s.
We’ve used some of the cabelas brand and they seem to work.
Just got a dozen at Fleet Farm in Mason City (Ia.) $1.99 
I had good success on Pool 4 yesterday trooling with them, they have alot of action.
I bought a half dozen last week….seem to work well out of the package but after a few bumps, snags, or fish…it seems I need to do some tuning….and that has been difficult…very sensitive. Thus, a little disappointed.
Just thought I would post my .02$ on flicker shads. My first introduction to them I watched my little bro pull in a 28 and a 30 inch walleye. So convinced at their fish catching ability I searched for them with no luck. My brother eventually found them at scheels on clearance for 1.99$ We bought 25 of them. We tried trolling/casting them to wingdams with excellent results. But, the first cast with one, the crank part broke off and left only the bill attached to the line. Then, less than half will run true. Out of 8 of the firetigers we bought only 3 were worth a crap. I have tried tuning them with out much luck. So for my $ even at 2$ a pop the 5$ wally diver and 6$ shad rap still produce very well without breaking and having to tune. If you get a good one they are walleye slaying cranks, but they are garbage! With my luck that once in a lifetime 30+ walleye will be just about in the net and the fricken thing will break. If they fixed the quality issue I would have a full arsenal of them even if they upped the price, but untill then my $ goes elsewhere.
I hear you about tunning them. Even the ones that do run good out of the box seem to last threw only a fish or 2 before needing tuning. I have been able to get all of them to run straight after tunning. Some may take a minute or 2 of trial and error to get them to work. This can get frustrating but Ill put up with it to catch a fish.
Havent had any loose the bill yet. Just lots of rear hooks.
Anyone seen these on sale lately?
Scheels in Bismarck still has a lot of Flicker Shads @ $1.99 while they last. (701) 255-7255 Ask for Brent or Andrew in the fishing shop, they will ship. The FLW guys bought the heck out of them last week. Different bite window then a Shad Rap in my opinion, they have been really good in rivers and dark water for me.
Jim Carroll NPAA #13
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