Lures Factory · Handmade in Thailand · Cabral Outdoors
Built for Kerala's varaal water.വരാൾ ചാടും ചതുപ്പിൽ.
Fourteen handmade para-rubber frogs, 3 to 4 cm, sharp weedless hooks. Made for the paddy drains, hyacinth mats and backwater edges where snakehead ambush — not for open-water bass.
🐸 Any 3 frogs for ₹899 · auto-applied at checkout
Pick the frog for the fish
Three snakeheads, three ways to fish a frog
Kerala has more snakehead species than any other state. Each one holds in different water and wants a different frog.
Varaal · Striped snakehead
Channa striata
- Where
- Paddy-field drains, irrigation canals, temple tanks, village ponds
- Size
- 1–3 kg, occasionally 4+
- Frog
- 3–3.5 cm, 5.5–7 g. Walk it slowly over the gaps in the weed.
Bullseye snakehead
Channa marulius
- Where
- Muvattupuzha, Periyar, Chalakudy, reservoir arms and deep river pools
- Size
- 3–8 kg. The one that straightens hooks.
- Frog
- The 4 cm models for distance; dark and purple colours in stained water.
Malabar snakehead
Channa diplogramma · Western Ghats endemic
- Where
- Rocky river pools and tail-outs in the Ghats. Release every one — it lives nowhere else on earth.
- Size
- 1–4 kg
- Frog
- Natural colours in clear water; a prop frog for noise in current.
The deal
Any 3 frogs, ₹899.
Mix models and colours. The discount applies by itself at checkout — no code. Cash on delivery across Kerala, shipped from Udupi, usually at your door in 2–3 days.
Pick your three₹345 each · ₹899 for 3 · ₹1,035 at full price
The range
All 14 frogs
Every one is cast from soft para rubber that collapses on the bite, with a sharp weedless hook riding tight to the back. Pick three and the ₹899 price applies itself.
Strike
3.5 cm · 7 g · hook 1/0The all-rounder. Casts far, walks clean.₹345
Diggy
3.5 cm · 7 g · hook 1/0Hollow body for the thickest weed.₹345
Hobbit
3.8 cm · 6.7 g · hook 1/0Walks on a slack line. For fish that follow.₹345
Gecko
4 cm · 6.5 g · hook 1/0Kicking legs. Pulls fish out of the pads.₹345
Magnus
4 cm · 6 g · hook 1/0Fish it slow over slop. Green or brown.₹356
Sonix Boy
3 cm · 6 g · hook #1Skates over scum and surface weed.₹345
Jikgo
3 cm · 6 gPrecise casts into small pockets.₹345
Ratee
3 cm · 5.5 g · hook #1Lands softest. Clear, shallow water.₹345
Squidy
3 cm · 6 g · hook #1Skirt keeps moving on the pause.₹345
Monster
3.5 cm · 6.5 gLoud two-tone colours for stained water.₹345
Thunder
3.5 cm · 6.5 g · hook 1/0Purple, orange, green for brown water.₹345
Toad
3.2 cm · 5.5 g · twin hookNatural colours for pressured water.₹345
Rak Yom
3.6 cm · 6 g · spinnerQuiet head, flash behind.from ₹259
Field Rice
3.5 cm · 6.5 g · propProp noise for current and low light.₹345Proof
Caught on these frogs
Catches shared by Lures Factory India and Cabral Outdoors customers. Tag @cabraloutdoors with your varaal and we'll add it here.
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How to fish it
Three things that land more varaal
Cast past the gap
Land the frog on the weed, not in the open water. Drag it to the edge of the hole and let it sit.
Walk, then stop
Short twitches on a slack line make it walk. Most strikes come on the pause after two or three twitches.
Count two, then set
Wait until the line moves or you feel weight. A soft para-rubber body collapses so the hook clears — set hard and keep the rod low.
Where & when
Kerala's frog calendar
Topwater frogs work from the time the monsoon water drops until the pre-monsoon heat. Here is where to be each month.
Kuttanad paddy drains
Harvest water drops, varaal stack in the drains and petta channels. Fish the pads at first light.
Thrissur Kole wetlands
Shallow, weedy, loaded with fish. The 3 cm frogs over hyacinth gaps.
Vembanad canals & backwater edges
Fish the hyacinth lines and kayal margins at dusk. Bigger varaal, bullseye in the deeper cuts.
Ghats river pools
Low, clear water in the Chalakudy, Periyar and Muvattupuzha. Natural colours, long casts, quiet feet.