On January 16th, 2020, Carpenter has released the much-awaited popper i.e. Damsel DS-90 and Damsel DS-120. Damsel DS-90 was originally released in January 2008 with at least 3 official color.
Carpenter Maker Konishi-san brought some KLL prototype samples during SFPC 2017 and SPC 2019 in Tokyo, with 75g, 90g and 120g. These KLL lures were produced since 2015 with KLL 015A (First sale), KLL 015B (Modified version of 015A → DS 120) and KLL 029A (DS 75).
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| Damsel 120 KLL 015 |
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| 2017 SFPC Carpenter Damsel Prototype KLL |
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| 2019 SFPC Carpenter Damsel Prototype KLL (video) |
The new DS-90 and DS-120 were design for calm or flat sea or big swelling waves. It was stated that not suitable for braking waves areas. Playing on a low deck ship is the best. With high deck ship, longer rod i.e. 8 1/2 feet is suggested. Target fish is mainly GT and Hiramasa.
DS-90 length is 170mm, hook size is 9g each paired with Carpenter's 250lb split rings.
For DS-120 is 185mm, hook size is 11g with 250lb split rings.
Further details on Damsel, please visit Carpenter websites at
DS-90 and
DS120.
So after 5 years of waiting, we finally see the official production of Damsel 90 and 120 with 3 official color for DS-90 and 10 colors for DS-120.
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| Size Comparison DS-90 and DS-120 |
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| DS-90 and DS-120 |
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| Mouth size of DS-90 and DS-120 |
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| DS-90 Black back / orange belly Holo paste |
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| DS-90 White |
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| DS-90 Roland Damsel Metal paste |
Below are the colors of Damsel DS-120. I thought it would be nice to compare them with the real life baitfish pictures (copied from Google Images).
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| DS-120 Clownfish |
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| Clownfish aka Nemo |
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| DS-120 Black Bass metal pasted |
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| DS-120 Sunrise Edition (very rare) |
I tried my best to find the fish that represents the lure color. As you know there are hundreds of Damselfish species and the occurrence depends on location. Just for our general knowledge but to be a successful angler, we need to identify what is our quarry's favorite food and during which season does the food/baitfish is plenty. Also, the size of the baitfish is important.
I normally use Carpenter Reinforced split ring 250lb and Decoy SW Big 6/0 11g hook for 120g class lures.
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Lure MAX and line MAX and notation of drag value are reference levels. Please consider casting methods and fighting methods etc. as it changes with the person who uses it.
Those who are expert the basics of loading method properly can use bigger lures and even use thicker lines.
Rod weight is a numerical value when measuring the prototype rod. Please acknowledge that there are some errors at the time of the product.
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