Telecaster wrote: 2: zman 5" electric chicken paddle-tail |
MightyBoosh wrote: [QUOTE=The Tamure Kid] I guess there's a couple of other things you can do with a softie, I would add trolling for the sake of completeness. |
MightyBoosh wrote: Some more random thoughts. 3. How have people got on with other patterns that we haven't discussed i.e. shrimp? I |
MightyBoosh wrote: Sometimes lures look good to us, but not the fish, and the other way around of course! |
The Tamure Kid wrote:
Bang on. I learned that through trout fishing. Some people tie up incredibly realistic koura (crayfish) and various nymph imitations which it'd be hard to tell apart from the real thing. Intricate legs, antennae etc. But invariably they are stiff and don't move in the water like the real thing floating down the river, or in a lake. Works of art, but not good fish catchers. Having said that, there are some amazingly realistic softbait prawn imitations available in Australia which are very successful on mangrove jacks and other inshore tropical species - where large prawns are a huge part of the fish species' diet. I just don't think prawns feature as much in the fish diet here, compared to say small baitfish, shellfish, various worms and shrimps. Savage Gear has had some in the market in NZ for a while, but to my knowledge they haven't taken off in a big way. |
The Tamure Kid wrote:
I've always wondered why Electric Chicken is seldom mentioned as a killer colour, given the combo of that limey-green and pink - and its high UV reactivity. I haven't really given it a good go, but have a packet in my collection. |
The Tamure Kid wrote: |
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