I feel your pain with MirroLure's quality control - I've had a several Fat boys from MirroLure sink backwards and tail first! To straighten the tail on the Devil, try a hair dryer on hot to soften the rubber, then hang it from the hook and pinch a 1 oz + weight to the tail with a clothes pin or paper clip. Let it hang for a day or two. Hope this works for ya!

 

I had Paul tell me one time that more cripple fish sink slowly back tail down but that is a relative factor too.

 

Devils have come in packages where the tail curves up for long as I remember. Fish it until some trout jerk it straight!
Hair dryer works great too.

http://www.fishingscout.com/scouts/SmackDaddy

 

The original package that he sold from his home was longer and the tails were carefully packaged to hang straight. If the tail is not straight, the action of the lure can not be what was intended. Smackdaddy, if you ever saw the action on an original Paul Brown Devil, you would know what I'm talking about. No, I'm not fishing them until some trout jerk them straight as you suggest. If I can't get them straight, I'm taking them back for a refund.

 

I love Corky Devils! Luckily I was SO obsessed when Paul was still making them I bought what many would consider a lifetime Supply!!

 

Haven't had any problems with mines, fish seem to like them just as well, even had a Puffer fish hit on, only thing my lure wasn't any good after that

 

All I got from Paul's shop came in short packages , fish don't seem to mind.

 

Well we're not taking ours back because they're catching fish just fine...Hope you get what you're looking for in the refund.

 

Hook the tail ball slightly and suspend the lure down head first for a few days. I do it all the time, works fine.

 

I had to do this with a hair dryer.
It's straight after 10 min blowing in HI level. Be careful not getting too close or too hot (plastic melt).

I was not too happy with the way mirrorlure packaged an awesome bait.

 

Thanks for posting the solutions guys. Smackdaddy, not mad, just got frustrated. No offense intended. I am going to call mirrolure and splain to them what they are doing. I urge all corky devil users to do the same.

 

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Never had much luck with this color anyway

 

I scored a bunch of old devils at a garage sale that looked like they had been forgotten in a tackle box for years and the tails were all bent....the hairdryer trick worked for me.

 

Those are great baits, but at $7/each I would hope they would come out of the package ready to fish, and not have to do maintenance on them with a hair dryer. Just my 2 cents.

 

New mirrolure package on the left ...... Paul Brown original on the right......whats the problem again??????

 

If you notice, the plastic bag on the original is longer. Long enough that the lure could be laid straight which is how Paul packaged them. Mishandling that lure pictured is why the tail is curved. The L&S plastic is not long enough to lay the tail straight. That is the problem. Look closely and you can see the difference.

 

Actually, the bags are exactly the same length, the only thing different is the size of the paper covering it, i measured. If anything, the mirrolure bag is bigger. Its the weight of the lure that pulls it down to the bottom. Pull them out, and use them, they still catch fish! At least they have for me. I also have a lifetime supply, and almost every single one i got from paul was bent!

 

I bet Paul would get a good laugh out of this thread, soak some
Crocker and bent tails become a complete non issue.

 

Good news

I spoke with one of the higher ups at L & S (Mirrolure). They are considering going to a "clamshell" (hard plastic molded) package for Corky Devils. They are aware of the problem and want to solve it. The clamshell package will insure that the lure lays straight as intended. P.S.- there should be a lively market for used hairdryers in the near future.

 

We just caught 19 on our bent tail devils. Bet we wouldve limited if they were straight.

 

And when they go to a clamshell expect this Devil to go up in price. There is a mold cost for these shells plus this will cost more per piece than the poly bag and header card!

 

Yep

 

How about an assorted "six pack" that holds the tails straight?

Retail @$39.98 and has to contain at least 2 pink.