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Post by cmicol on Sept 6, 2007 19:11:15 GMT -1
What are the best Rapalas for:
- day fishing ?
- night fishing ?
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Post by Paul Dunstan on Sept 6, 2007 20:55:41 GMT -1
What are the best Rapalas for: - day fishing ? - night fishing ? Personally, I wouldn't fish a Rapala at night - in fact, depending where you fish it may well be against club or association rules - whatever, I'd suggest the fly at night as equally if not more successful in anything like 'decent' water. Having said that, I really rate Rapalas as fish catchers - it's my lure of preference! As for which ones are best - I like the Rainbow Trout Countdown , 7 or 9cm. In really 'heavy water' I'd go up to an 11cm jointed or the Fire Tiger colours. I'm constantly surprised by how readily sea trout will often accept large lures - but when you start to consider what akearge sea trout must feed on in the seas, perhaps it's not that surprising. In low, clear water a small Brown Trout model (5cm) can be very effective as can some of the more 'exotic' colours, Clown, Holgraphics etc. The slimmer, floating models are great for drifting under bushes and into tight corners before cranking them down and retrieving. |
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Post by dartfly on Sept 6, 2007 23:49:24 GMT -1
My most successful is a smallish minnow with a small spoon on the front - don't know the number, I'm afraid - but everything goes for it. Second is a 6" jointed Rap in green and silver (or it was - looks pretty beaten up after encounters with bass).
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Post by Teifi Terrorist on Sept 7, 2007 6:39:46 GMT -1
My most successful is a smallish minnow with a small spoon on the front - don't know the number, I'm afraid - but everything goes for it. Hi Dartfly, would it be part of the blue-fox range perhaps? www.bluefox.com/products/vibrax_minnow_spin.phpTT. |
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Post by Glyn on Sept 7, 2007 8:04:33 GMT -1
My biggest fish taker has been the flo orange and gold in the 4" floater, it takes big salmon and also sewin will take it too but I only use this in high water conditions. One other thing I take off the 2 leading trebles I dont like 9 hook points on a lure they can lever against the stronger hook hold and to be honest I dont like that many hooks in a fishes mouth ...so I just use the tail treble but one size larger than fitted.
Glyn
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Post by peterross on Sept 7, 2007 12:01:01 GMT -1
In all honesty i don't think it really matters a great deal, everyone has their prefered colour for different water clarity, for salmon 9cm coundown blue and silver in coloured water, black and silver when the colour drops off maybe a fire tiger when its really filthy..and i occasionally go up to 11cm when the river is very high. Smaller versions are better for targeting sewin, however, frequently when spinning for salmon in the autumn even the small shoolies will attack attack a rapala half its size.
Ian
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Post by stumpyguy01 on Sept 7, 2007 16:15:43 GMT -1
Got to be a 7cm fire tiger or a 7cm flouro orange for me  ... stumpy..... |
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Post by dartfly on Sept 7, 2007 16:31:59 GMT -1
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Post by moose007 on Sept 7, 2007 20:39:38 GMT -1
Rapala ? Rapala ? .........Fly only dear boy .........fly only.
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Post by steelheadnut on Sept 8, 2007 2:53:10 GMT -1
Rapalas are great fish catchers, as was the toby, mepps, devons in their time, and for the simple fact that they were the lure of choice by the masses. I personally have had more fish on a mepps than anything else, with the toby Salmo 32gm second. As for colour, many I see on the river use a rapala fire tiger, instead of using this sometimes why not try the flame cascade pigs. I've used these all over the place, sometimes in tandem and triples and if I want to get down a bit deeper some T14 on the end of my line, but in doing this you try and keep your leader as short as you can. Using this tactic on one of the tributaries of the Teify a few years back I landed a fish of 13lb on a 7ft 6in 4wt  , admittedly it would have been easier to throw a spinner in the water, and more than likely would have caught the fish, but when all you've got is the fly rod in the car, then that's what you'll use. There is something very satisfying about connecting with a fish on the fly, much more so than a spinner.It might be a bit more difficult to get into those nooks and crannies but when you do and the line tightens it doesn't half get the old adrenalin going. Best fix I know. Cap ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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, admittedly it would have been easier to throw a spinner in the water, and more than likely would have caught the fish, but when all you've got is the fly rod in the car, then that's what you'll use.