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Black Bart International, LLC :: Ask a Pro #1
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Q: It is safe to say that you have changed the way I rig lures and have read and heard testimony about how your lures and systems work. I guess my question is this, when you have the potential to catch yellowfin, wahoo, dorado, sailfish, striped and blue marlin, how do you set up your spead? Do you have a larger lure that you run off of the transom on a flat line for the bigger stuff and vary your other lures the further you go back in your spread?
A: That would be a wise choice, larger lures flat at least one, then either medium to small lures long depending on what your target fish are.
Q: I have read about colors and how you should mix it up to find out what is best, is that a practice you use?
A: The best advice is to try and match the hatch, ie. flying fish, use blue silver pink and purple, dolphin, then dolphin colors, you don't need to match every lure to the hatch unless you have tuna in your wake that won't bite anything that isn't spot on.
Q: I am using shrink tubing to stiffen my rig on the single hook, but I have to connect it to my main leader. So, what I do is use metal saddles to cradle my cable connected to the hook but slide the other metal saddle in one that is connected to the mono leader. Don't know if I am being confusing here, but you have 2 metal saddles connected to each other.
A: You are using two metal thimbals, that is a bulky connection and can be risky if your crimp gets off center that is when the cutting begins. Believe it or not what I like is a plastic hard skin fuel line for chafe gear at both ends, some people sell it as fish skin, any way you name it the stuff works super, we have it in stock and it is cheap and easy to use.
Q: Thus, the hook end swings freely at the connection point. Should I secure that with a tape to make it stiffer and not let it move as much when the lure is swimming in the water? What would you do with it?
A: Some people do and some don't, I prefer shrink tube hook to s.s. cable, if you are going straight mono then use electrical tape, when your at the last wrap put a drop or so of quick drying glue, this secures the wrap from unwrapping.
Q: Lastly, I saw a tip that utilized tape at the other end of the leader that build up the connection point to the main line. Supposedly, this kept the lure there when the lure worked itself back to the swivel during the fight. Do you believe in this?
A: No I don't, your lure should slide up and away from your catch, no problem, nothing is perfect, you just try to do what is best and some times even that fails you.
Aloha,
Captain Bart Miller
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