Wake 'em up this Summer with ima's New Roumba

ima Roumba lure designer Fred Roumbanis

The Roumba has a unique, pudgy look. Once you get over its odd shape and throw it, you'll find it is very versatile.

It may be used at any retrieve speed ranging from as slow as possible, barely crawling it across the surface - to as blazingly fast as possible. It excels at any speed. However, where the Roumba breaks away from the pack and leaves the other topwaters behind is that you can work it faster most any other topwater out there. There are times that speed is the trigger, and it is tough to figure out when. There are times that even lethargic fish that won't go for anything else, they'll go for an incredibly fast speed Roumba with raw instinctive reaction strikes.

There's really no need to give the Roumba any additional rod tip action. All the wild and seductive gyrations are built right into this new style topwater. thanks to ima lure designer and bass pro Fred Roumbanis (shown above).

Due to the crankbait like bill, the Roumba has more side-to-side action on its own, just reeling the Roumba steadily, than most other topwater lures. Unlike crankbaits, the bill is not designed to make the Roumba dive. The bill really only imparts side-to-side action to the bait. It causes the Roumba to move rapidly side-to-side, so it does not need to be reeled and moved forward quickly, and there is no need to give it action with the rod tip. All the fantastic action is already built right into the Roumba for you.

• Body length is 3 inches (75 cm) long, not counting the lip.
• Weighs 1/2 ounce (16 gr).
• Floats at rest.

Hold your rod tip high for best topwater action at any retrieve speed from super slow to blazingly fast - and any speed in between.

Hold the rod tip down to get the Roumba to dip under the surface, and crank the Roumba in a little faster to get it under about 1/2 foot or a foot deep.

No matter how you use it, the Roumba is a lure you should have tied on whenever bass are belting topwaters - or even when they aren't. Sometimes the need for speed is lurking just below the surface - but you'd never know it's there with regular lures. The Roumba is one of the few topwaters that can move fast enough to get bit then.

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Replacing the tail with a feather treble (not included) improves the lure's action.