29Apr2010
Turtleback Worm
It’s no secret that the Turtleback worm is a favourite lure of mine and it is often my go to lure. With the recent colour additions this effective lure just became a lot more exciting to use. My preferred water depth when using the Turtleback worm rangers between 2 to 4 meters. I look for drop offs and weed edged to target. I like to rig it on a 1/12 – 1/8 jighead which gives the tail plenty of action when the lure is falling. This tail action on the drop, I have found to be imperative and I believe it can be the key between catching and not catching. Once I have chosen a Turtleback colour, threaded it onto the right weighted jighead I will test the swimming action beside the boat. When I do this, I’m looking for 2 things. That it falls in a straight line with plenty of tails action and when I give the rod a couple of sharp flicks, the lure must swims straight without spiralling. If the lure spirals at all, or doesn’t have the desired wriggle then I will re-rig it until itâ
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New Big Eye blades
It has been over a year since we released the Big Eye blade range and while they have been a popular lure for bream and flathead, anglers asked for a revised range of colours that w ere more subdued and "natural" in appearance.The wait is over and the all new matt finish series is now available.This series offers two lures per packet at under $20 retail. Look for the flash new clear acetate packaging with a pair of blades in each box.Big Eye blades feature our exclusive Yakiba treble hooks and rings, multi tow points for a variety of oscilation options and the only blade with a rattle incorporated for that extra noise when fishing dirty water.The new colour range has been tested by Purefishing Pro's and given a resounding thumbs up, especially from the bream guys who are loking forward to a full winter season deep bite using the new colours.For more info on the blades and high res images, go to www.purefishing.com.au.tight lines, dinger.
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Which Plastics Work?
Going into your local tackle shop now and you will see a far amount of space is taken up with lures; some of that space is taken up with soft plastics in all shapes and sizes.There are quit a few types, worms, grubs, minnows, shads, paddle tails, and all sorts of creatures and craws.There is every colour of the rainbow covered and the names can be confusing to start off with and quite humorous.Firstly I have only been involved with fishing with lures for just on 6 years now, so I am no expert ( but have been able to catch fish, when tossed one), but I can point you in the right direction to have some success with this current trend.Grubs and WormsWhen I was bait fishing, if someone asked me what worms or grubs looked like, I would say long and slippery, a bugger to dig and keep fresh, and they have a head at one end and a tail at the other.Well soft plastics grubs are the same, but not as hard to keep, and a lot easier to get.Ok you have found the right size at the tackle shop, but hol
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Berkley Egi Master Rods – Royter
Being a master of the Egi is to be a master of the squid jig. Egi translated from Japanese into English basically means 'squid lure'. The squid or Egi rod is quite a different creature to any other rod on the market. Where you would have a light tip and heavy butt in a standard soft plastics rod, you have a stiff tip and light butt in a squid rod! Let's clarify that a little.The over all action of the Egi rod is 'parabolic' meaning it has a general curving arch from tip to butt with minimal load. When saying that it's stiff in the tip,that would indicate that it has sufficient graphite quality to create flexing resistance to load.So round all that out and you have a parabolic action with a stiff tip!But why? Ok, this is why these rods exist. This is why you need an Egi Master rod for squiding. Let's start from the tip down.There are several retrieve styles needed to be employed to successfully catch squid. Generally they are 'hard' and 'soft' retrieves. The soft retrieve can be done wi
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