Hunthouse Needle Long Casting Pencil Stickbait, Floating/Sinking
This is the Hunthouse Needle, a slim pencil-style stickbait built for long casting. It comes in four size/weight options: 160mm/18g, 180mm/24g, and 205mm/31g in floating versions, plus a 205mm/36g sinking version. Available in 14 color patterns.
Specifications
| Type | Needle/pencil stickbait, no lip |
| Length | 160mm, 180mm, or 205mm |
| Weight | 18g, 24g, 31g, or 36g |
| Buoyancy | Floating (160mm/18g, 180mm/24g, 205mm/31g) or Sinking (205mm/36g) |
| Best for | Pike, garfish |
| Colors | 14 patterns available |
Product description
This is the Hunthouse Needle, a slim pencil-style stickbait built for long casting. It comes in four size/weight options: 160mm/18g, 180mm/24g, and 205mm/31g in floating versions, plus a 205mm/36g sinking version. Available in 14 color patterns.
As a needle/pencil bait it has no lip and is worked on the surface or just under it with rod-tip twitches for a walk-the-dog action, or slow-rolled and paused. The 205mm/36g sinking version lets you fish it a bit deeper or work it through a wider water column before it settles. It's aimed at pike and garfish.
How to fish it
- Cast out and use sharp, short rod-tip twitches to make the pencil zigzag on the surface (walk-the-dog).
- Mix in pauses between twitch sequences since pike and garfish often strike as the lure sits still.
- For the 205mm/36g sinking version, let it settle a moment after the cast before starting your retrieve to fish it slightly deeper.
- Vary retrieve speed and cadence until you find what triggers strikes that day, this bait rewards an erratic action over a steady one.
Frequently asked
It depends on the size. The 160mm/18g, 180mm/24g, and 205mm/31g versions float. The 205mm/36g version sinks.
No, this is a needle/pencil stickbait with no lip. Action comes from rod-tip twitches, not a bib.
160mm/18g, 180mm/24g, 205mm/31g (all floating), and 205mm/36g (sinking).
It's built for long-casting pike and garfish fishing.
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