Daiwa T.D. Hyper Crank 1066Ti

Japan Market Find - sourced directly by Wilder's Fishing & Supply Co. from the Japanese tackle market during a sourcing trip in 2026.

Specifications

• Length: 65mm
• Weight: 16.5g (4/7 oz.)
• Type: Deep Crankbait
• Action: Wide Wobble / Tight Wobble
• Buoyancy: Floating
• Dive Depth: 6m (20 ft.)
• Hooks: Original SaqSas #5 trebles x2, #2 rings

Condition Notes

• Lure: mint
• Packaging: near mint - showing some minor signs of aging and handling marks

Description

First appearing in 1997, the T.D. Hyper Crank prevailed in Japan's tournament bass fishing world through a combination of engineering that no conventional crankbait of the era could match - then was revived by popular demand as a cover cranking specialist that tournament professionals consider a big success when tied on with hard baits. Its defining characteristic is the oversized titanium lip - unbreakable where a conventional plastic or resin lip would shatter against hard cover, ultra-thin where it needs to generate action response even at the slowest retrieves, and shaped to float the lure vertically when stationary so the hooks are hidden within the body profile, dramatically reducing snagging in standing timber, riprap, and laydowns. A two-way action system allows the angler to select either wide wobble or tight wobble by repositioning the split ring on the line tie - two fundamentally different crankbait presentations in a single lure. Despite diving to 6 metres, the TD Hyper Crank 1066Ti is recommended primarily as a cover crankbait rather than a deep diver - the titanium lip's ability to deflect off structure while the vertical float posture slips it free of snags makes it uniquely suited to the standing timber and hard cover of Japanese reservoir fishing.

The SG Gill colourway applies Daiwa's Super Ghost semi-transparent finish to a bluegill (sunfish) juvenile pattern - a vivid green-black barred back fading to a silver-white belly with a red-pink gill slash - one of the most visually striking and functionally specific colour choices in the T.D. Hyper Crank range, targeting the bass-bluegill predator relationship that drives some of the most explosive crankbait strikes in reservoir fishing.