2026.10.22

ADUSTA LAGRA 115S: A Long-Casting Sinking Pencil That Swims Slow

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Long-casting sinking pencils have a common weakness: retrieve them slowly and the action dies, retrieve them fast and the action breaks down, and holding a shallow depth is tricky. ADUSTA’s LAGRA 115S is designed to fix all three. It swims level in the shallows at dead-slow speed, darts with a roll when burned, and ADUSTA quotes a maximum casting distance of 89 m.

Contents

Overview
Slow and seductive
Action by retrieve speed
Distance without compromise
Where to use it
Who it suits
Minagiman’s take
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Overview

115 mm, 27 g slow-sinking pencil
Holds a shallow depth even at dead-slow speed
Action changes with retrieve speed
Three high-density tungsten weights
74% of total mass concentrated in the centre of the body
Up to 89 m casting distance (maker’s measurement)
Built for surf, river mouths and big rivers
Works with lift-and-fall, twitching, jerking and skipping

Lessons from ADUSTA’s Zelphas 133F lipless minnow went into its design.

Slow and seductive

At dead-slow speed the LAGRA shows a short-pitch slalom while staying level in shallow water, and it keeps swimming like bait even with some line slack — great for drifting it naturally on the current. On shallow flats and river-mouth slopes, not diving too deep is often the key, so a lure that holds its depth on a slow retrieve is a big advantage.

Action by retrieve speed

Speed	Action	Best for
Dead-slow	Short-pitch slalom	Shallows, sluggish fish, long looks
Medium	Sway-roll	Covering water naturally
Fast	Dart with roll	Fish chasing bait, reaction bites

Start slow, then speed up if nothing happens — and adjust for current, wind and depth.

Distance without compromise

Three tungsten weights sit in a straight line in the middle of the body, keeping the nose and tail light so the lure swims level, while the in-line layout stabilises it in flight. A streamlined body, a ridged “Gill Diffuser” under the head and an internal “Xeno Spine” also contribute to distance and response.

Where to use it

Shallow flats: long, dead-slow retrieves for flounder (hirame) and flathead (magochi).
Rips and outer drop-offs: cast to the structure and drift it on the current.
Big rivers: reach far banks, bridge pilings and bottom changes.
Surface boils: skip it near the surface, let it drop briefly, then swim it.
When straight retrieves fail: add twitches or jerks to make it dart.

Who it suits

Anglers who want to work a set depth slowly without the lure sinking too deep
Anyone unsure how sinking pencils behave at low speed
Those who want straight retrieve, drift, lift-and-fall and jerk from one lure
Surf and river anglers targeting flounder, flathead, seabass and pelagics in the same spot

Minagiman’s take

“Reach far out, then show it slowly” is a situation I meet constantly in the surf and at river mouths. The LAGRA 115S looks like a lure that can earn a place in the first-string rotation for exactly that.