MonroEgi III

Bigfin Reef Squid

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300 years of tradition,
still alive today

The MonroEgi, inheriting the
Yamakawa-type.
Vertical lift and
travel-distance control.
A traditional form with
superb controllability.

The MonroEgi proves it:
real fishing power

The Yamakawa-type tradition, proven in real fishing today.
The MonroEgi remains an egi that catches.

Inheriting the Yamakawa-type:
300 years of tradition

The origin of Japanese lures

The egi (squid jig), a Japanese lure said to have
a history of over 300 years.

Almost every egi in today's eging market
is built on the shape of egi that have long
been handed down in Kagoshima and Oita Prefectures.

The tradition of the Yamakawa region

Among these, there is a shape handed down
from long ago in the Yamakawa region of Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture.
It is commonly known as the "Yamakawa-type."

It is characterized by a slender head and
a strongly buoyant bulge from the center to the rear
of the body — a shape rarely seen
in today's eging market.

Why fishermen still use it

Thanks in part to the effects this unique shape produces,
there are squid-fishing fishermen who understand
its characteristics and use it skillfully, so
KeyStone still continues to manufacture the
"Yamakawa-type" for professional fishermen.

Inheriting this Yamakawa-type shape,
customizing it for shore eging,
and launching it in the year 2000
— that is the "MonroEgi."

The advantage created by
minimal travel distance

Travel-distance comparison of MonroEgi III and EgiSharp

A 70-degree vertical-lift fall angle

The MonroEgi combines excellent vertical lift with
a free fall at roughly a 70-degree angle,
which allows it to keep travel distance short.

You can work a single cast for a long time, and
one of its advantages is that it lets you
create many chances to make the squid grab.

Pinpoint appeal

It becomes possible to appeal with pinpoint accuracy
to bigfin reef squid (aori-ika) migrating along
offshore weed beds and drop-offs,
increasing the chances of making them notice the egi.

With its refined fundamental performance and
appeal through darting, the EgiSharp has
performance entirely different from
that of the MonroEgi.

MonroEgi III vs.
EgiSharp: a comparison

No.3.5 V1 size: performance and spec comparison

Even compared at the same No.3.5 V1 size,
the MonroEgi III and the EgiSharp have
different performance and specs.

Each has its own character. Against the EgiSharp,
which refines its fundamental performance and
excels under a wide range of conditions,

the MonroEgi III, used and worked
to match the conditions,
enables an approach to the squid
different from the EgiSharp.

By understanding the features and traits of each
and selecting the right one for your conditions,
it will lead you to the answer.

Controlling the timing to make
the squid grab through handling

The dilemma of the fall angle

To keep travel distance short,
the fall angle inevitably becomes steep.

Whereas the EgiSharp has a free-fall angle
of about 50 degrees,
the MonroEgi III has a fall angle of about 70 degrees, so
it can hardly be called an angle that is
easy for the squid to grab.

Superb controllability solves it

Minimal travel distance and easy detection of the bottom
are the good points of the MonroEgi,
but they mean nothing if the squid won't grab.

One of the MonroEgi's key features is
its "superb controllability."

Depending on how you apply line tension,
you can suppress the fall angle and speed,
and create the timing to make the squid grab.

Work it exactly as you intend

When you want to keep travel distance short,
handle it with a free fall; and
when you want to create the timing to make the squid grab,
apply line tension.

Through this combination
you approach the squid.
It is truly an egi you can work
exactly as the angler intends.