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Jackall Jet Low Metal Buddy: A Flashing Stainless Blade for Micro-Bait Patterns
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Jackall’s Jet Low is a favourite for many anglers: it covers a wide area and gets bites on a simple steady retrieve, so it is easy to use whatever your experience. But sometimes you want a little more appeal, especially as fish become more active towards summer.
That is where the Jet Low Metal Buddy comes in, a new add-on for the Jet Low released in June 2025.
Third in the Buddy series
The Metal Buddy is the third Buddy attachment for the Jet Low. It follows the clear-bodied Jet Low Buddy and the Jet Low Tako Buddy (an octopus skirt with tinsel). This time the body is a stainless steel plate.
The strong flash from the metal body is ideal for micro-bait patterns, when fish are feeding on tiny baitfish. Rotate all three Buddies and you can adapt to almost any situation.
Features
Plated to reflect light
At a compact 40 mm, it is not too big, yet the plated finish reflects light to attract fish from a wider area.
0.6 mm thickness for a fast spin
Active fish tend to react better to a lively action as well as flash. The 0.6 mm plate thickness creates a crisp, high-speed spin, and combining that rotation with the plated flash increases appeal even more. It should draw fish from further away than the lure itself can reach.
Colours
The ones to watch are the asymmetric colours, with a different finish on each side for a blinking effect.
- Giragira Shirasu
- Giragira Akakin (red-gold)
- Giragira Pink
- Meimetsu Gurikin (green-gold, asymmetric)
- Meimetsu Burupin (blue-pink, asymmetric)
- Meimetsu Pink Shirasu (asymmetric)
Giragira means glittering and meimetsu means blinking; shirasu are tiny whitebait.
Specs
| Name | Length | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Low Metal Buddy | 40 mm | Sinking | ¥616 |
Summary
- Third Buddy attachment for the Jackall Jet Low, with a stainless steel plate body
- Plated finish reflects light for wide-area appeal
- 0.6 mm thickness produces a sharp, fast spin
- Six colours including asymmetric blinking finishes
- Ideal for micro-bait patterns as water warms
If you are matching small bait, also see how to match the bait on the surf.
ABOUT ME
Born in 1994. Originally from Hyogo Prefecture, I moved to Iwata City in Shizuoka Prefecture in search of the sea. I am an Enshunada surf angler who enjoys surf fishing. I am also active on YouTube, and my fishing grounds range from Irago to Iwata.
