Gapen Flicker - Versatile Spoon for Ice & Open Water
The Gapen Flicker is a proven performer with great flash and seductive action. This versatile spoon excels in ice fishing for perch and panfish while also working well in open water for trout and other species.
Its compact design and quality construction make it a reliable choice when you need flash and movement to trigger strikes in various conditions.
Key Features & Benefits
- Excellent Flash & Action - Attracts fish in low-light and clear water conditions
- Ice Fishing Specialist - Popular for perch, crappie, and panfish through the ice
- Versatile Use - Effective for casting, jigging, or trolling
- Gapen Quality - Durable construction from the Gapen family since 1936
- Multiple Sizes & Colors - Options to match any condition or target species
A favorite among ice anglers and a reliable all-around spoon for your tackle box.
Made in the USA - Authentic Gapen Tackle craftsmanship.
How to Use the FLICKER:
Gapen's FLICKER is used in a similar fashion to a lead head jig. Action given the lure is ot lift and lower the lure in irate movements with a "twitch" and "roll" in between lifting and lowering.
Because the lure is made of a light tinput material, an environmentally safe metal, and has a slight bend to its body, the Flicker has a natural, side-to-side motion when lifted and lowered.
By reviewing the diagram, we'll take the angler through "How-To" use the Flicker in deeper waters.
A and C represent the lure as it is dropped towards bottom. Once bottom has been obtained the angler should lift the Flicker off bottom--twitch it a couple times--then retrieve a turn or two on your reel handle. After the flick or twitch, allow the lure to settle once again, but not quite all the way to the bottom (leave a foot or two). At this point, flick the lure once again and lift upwards. Depending on where the targeted fish are in the water column, this same action is repeated all the way to the surface.
If such action does not produce a strike the entire process is repeated once again at the point marked B. Points B and D represent the retrieved track of the Flicker as it is brought back to the surface. This erratic action of the Flicker represents the movement of an escaping baitfish or a wounded minnow.
To increase the attractiveness of a Flicker, the angler may elect to tip one of the treble hook's barbs with the head (only the head) of the area's most-used minnow. This manuever will add a desired scent to the bait.
When working trout and bluegill, add a maggot to a 1/32 oz. size. For crappie and perch, add a minnow head to a 1/16 oz. size. For smallmouth bass, add a tiny piece of crawler to a 1/8 oz. size. And, for walleye, striper, lake trout and largemouth bass, add a minnow head to a 1/4 oz. and 1 oz. size. The Flicker can also be just as fatal on northern pike.
Surprisingly, this is an extremely effective lure on all salmons, brown trout, and lake trout in the 1 oz. and 2 oz. size. It can be casted, allowed to sink, lifted and retrieved, then allowed to settle once again. Such a retrieve represents a wounded baitfish attempting to revive itself in the water column.
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