Gan Craft

Gan Craft at Charlie's Fishing: the Jointed Claw glidebait in BlueBlue limited editions

Gan Craft is a Japanese lure maker. The name comes from the Japanese word 眼 (Gan), meaning eye or vision, and stands for the way the brand works: carefully watching fish behaviour, water conditions and lure movement, then turning that into precise design, long testing and hand-finished quality. Its best-known lure is the Jointed Claw, a jointed glidebait with a smooth S-shaped swim that Gan Craft makes in several sizes. At Charlie's Fishing we stock the Gan Craft x BlueBlue limited edition Jointed Claw Magnum SS in two colours, black and yellow. Below you find what it is for.

Gan Craft x BlueBlue Jointed Claw Magnum SS: limited edition glidebait for big pike

The Jointed Claw Magnum SS is the big version of the Jointed Claw: 23 cm long, 113 g and slow sinking, so you can count it down to the depth where the fish are holding before you start the retrieve. A slow, steady retrieve brings out the wide S-shaped glide, and occasional twitches of the rod tip make it dart and turn, which often triggers a following fish. Big pike regularly track a bait like this before they commit, so a pause or a change of direction close to the boat or bank can be the moment. The Gan Craft X BlueBlue Limited Edition Jointed Claw Magnum Black and the Gan Craft X BlueBlue Limited Edition Jointed Claw Magnum Yellow share the same body, action and specifications; the only difference is the colour work. Read the full story in our blog Gan Craft x BlueBlue Jointed Claw Magnum: A Limited Edition Collector's Collab. More big baits in Swimbaits & Glidebaits and Pike Hardbaits.

Gan Craft and BlueBlue: two Japanese brands, one limited edition

BlueBlue is not a Gan Craft colour range but a separate Japanese brand, known for its saltwater and sea bass lures. In this collaboration Gan Craft brings the Jointed Claw Magnum body and BlueBlue dresses it in its own colour work, in a limited run. That makes these two lures collector's pieces as much as fishing lures: fish one, keep the other in the cabinet, or collect the pair. See the rest of the BlueBlue range in our BlueBlue Fishing collection.

The right tackle for a 113 g glidebait

At 113 g the Jointed Claw Magnum SS is a true big bait. Pair it with a proper big-bait rod and a strong baitcasting reel that can handle the casting weight and the fish it attracts, and always fish a wire trace or a strong leader suited to pike. Find them in Rods and Reels and Lines and Leaders.

Which Gan Craft Jointed Claw for which situation

• Big pike that follow but do not take: a slow S-glide with a pause, Jointed Claw Magnum SS.
• Pike holding deeper: let the slow-sinking Magnum SS drop to depth before you start winding.
• A strong silhouette in low light or against the sky: the Black.
• A bright, visible lure in coloured water: the Yellow.
• For the collection: both BlueBlue colours side by side. See Pike and Pike Hardbaits.

Why buy Gan Craft at Charlie's Fishing

We picked this limited Gan Craft x BlueBlue release for anglers who fish big glidebaits for pike and for collectors of Japanese lures. Both colours ship from our own stock in the Netherlands with fast delivery across Europe, and we are happy to advise you on the rod, reel and trace to fish it with. Limited editions come in small numbers, so once they are gone they are gone.

What does SS mean on the Jointed Claw Magnum?

SS stands for slow sinking. The lure sinks gradually, so you can count it down to the depth you want to fish and then glide it back with a slow retrieve.

Is there a difference between the Black and the Yellow?

Only the colour. Both are the Jointed Claw Magnum SS with the same 23 cm body, 113 g weight and S-shaped glide, each in its own BlueBlue limited edition finish.

Is BlueBlue part of Gan Craft?

No. BlueBlue is a separate Japanese brand, known for saltwater and sea bass lures. This Jointed Claw Magnum is a collaboration in which BlueBlue did the colour work on a Gan Craft lure.