The three Azai sisters, who accomplished their Machiavellian missions as the nieces of revolutionary Nobunaga, leaving the stamp of their names on the era. Chacha, eldest of the three sisters, also inherited the looks of her mother Oichi, dubbed the most beautiful woman in Sengoku Japan. Chacha, too, captivated the men of the realm at war. These lures are made of a tin alloy having a lower specific gravity than lead, and feature a laterally asymmetrical body line. Varying the line tension when reeling makes the lure dance seductively as it moves through the water, and strong jerking produces sharp action that will captivate the targets. CHACHA ­– bending hard-bitten veteran soldiers on expedition to her whim. When CHACHA dances, they go to glory.

ACTION

WHILE FALLING

A hexagonal body with a low center of gravity that induces strikes while sinking as it swings from side to side

WHEN JERKED

Gently jerking produces big, lightly drifting sliding, positioning the lure to be taken

DURING REELING

Adjusting the speed of reeling yields natural swimming simply by varying the tautness and slack