Description

Easilyone of the top lures on the market right now (and Jackson’s most popular lure worldwide), the Jackson Artist FR Lure is an allrounder bibbed sinking minnow with an action that entices an incredibly wide range of species both inshore and offshore, and a range of sizes and weights that allow you to target so many species. The ‘FR’ in the name stands for ‘fast retrieve’, as the lures were originally designed for high-speed retrieves when chasing fast-moving pelagic fish off the boat or from the rocks/shoreline. However, the Jackson Artist FR Lure is a fish catching machine in lakes, rivers, and estuaries for most typically found Australian species, especially the two smaller Artist FR sizes.

Check out our blog post titled “Our Best Flathead Lure” for even more info on these beauties!

Features:

• Sinking bibbed minnow
• An incredibly versatile lure that will catch a host of species
• Tight wobbling action that works with fast and slow retrieves
• 4 sizes available

Jackson Artist FR80 Lure – 80mm – Flathead Slayer!

The Jackson Artist FR80 Lure is a brilliant estuary flathead lureand the best size of the standard Artist FR lures for targetingflatties specifically. It’s profile is only slightly larger than the FR70 size, but that seems to ward off smaller species like bream and whiting etc more often, hence why it’s better for flathead. For such a skinny little lure it weighs a solid 8g,so you’ll get a nice cast out of it and a relatively fast sink rate compared to the smaller size which can be handy in deeper water or faster moving water.

How to use the FR80 size:

Simply copy the action and retrieve style from the FR70, it’s the same and works just as well for this size.

Rigging the Artist FR80:

Again, same with the FR70, the Shinto Pro Micro Assist Hooks but in size 8 arebetter for the FR80 size lure, although size 6 will work too.