Thread: Soft baits?

I don't have any experience fishing for trout (legally anyway), but I would be starting with a smaller, and lighter rig if it were my first attempt.
Worm hooks with split shot sounds like a good way to go. You can quickly adapt the end rig to suit conditions.
Good luck, and wish the old fella a very happy 80th.

Might give these ago at some stage.

Hell are you going to buy the lot.

busted!!!

One at a time

I got some more softbaits to try tonight.

PT asks me if we can go to H&F after I finished work. 1655hours shop closes at 1700hrs

5 minute dash to town only 7kms but we made it

Pt was after polaroid fishing glasses and they certainly help spotting fish.

Anyway I grabbed some of these little jelly beans and some split shot.



Set up my Daiwa telescopic rod with this.



No luck so put the 'gulp' lure on from the start of this thread.

Changed back to a different softbait and had a few chases.



Couldn't cast the distance of the river so added a second splitshot weight to get the distance of the water covered.



Trout started rising tonight at 1940hrs and I was buggered at 1955hrs when me bloody rod snapped!!



That is the 'Daiwa' rod shagged off to see the 'Kilwell' rep tomorrow night.

The bastard that broke my rod!!

Originally Posted by Dundee

One at a time

Good save.......

DD : biggest hint !!!

Don't use the swivel clip that close to the lure as it will put the fish down, they've got really good eyesight eh. Use a simple loop knot to tie on the softbait and make sure it has loop still left in it that allows it to swim naturally and induce the strikes. You've probably got followers because they've haired off after it seen the bloody great earings in its nose and gone! - well that doesn't look right...and its off... use the rapala knot Rapala Knot | How to tie the Rapala Knot | Fishing Knots


Personally if you've got mono line on the spool make sure the last meter is in flurocarbon - why better Abrasion resistance and harder for the fish to see in clear conditions. If its a bit murky go mono and darker like Drennan sub sea green... and if it's tea coloured there's even mono that mimic's that too like a red brown I used to use growing up in fishing the Great moss Swamp in the Head waters of the Taieri.

You need to learn to connect them so learn a simple surgeons knot. Easiest way is lie the two lines on top of one another for a bout 4-6 inches then make a double loop and pass the two ends that are going to be the fish biting end through the loop 3 times, wet it with a bit of spit in your mouth and slowly pull both the ends. Slowly because if you tighten up fluro too quick it changes the chemical bonds and becomes brittle. A bit of spit keeps the temp down and lubes it up (spook will love that one !) to get a tight knot. Clip the tag ends with a pair of mrs D's nail clippers and you're away.

As a guide we use this same method as a way to tie in a dropper for another fly on the line rather that tie another dropper off the bend of the hook....

So for a wet day or something, Mr Bells' videos from complete angler has done some quite good ones that might also give you a few hints on how to serve up the softbait for the trout, might be something there for you too.

http://www.completeangler.co.nz/gett...xidc97547.html

Hope that helps..
PD.

@Dundee have just re-read your thread and you are doing this at night also. on those really dirty no moon nights before midnight try the following.

Next time you are in the fishing gear shot look for the smallest lumo beads you can buy that thread onto your main line and thread one on ahead of the softbait. Use a torch to light it up in your scrunched up fist over the bulb (to save your night vision) and cast it out... recharge the bead every 15-30 minutes...

wicked for night fishing. SLOW retrieve... stop.... jiggle....wind.... stop .... twitch etc...

Great stuff guys. Maketu wasn't too flash yesterday. One snapper and one Kahawai for the old man. Trout fishing today.

Cheers for the tips CD,off to see Ron and Dave from Kilwell soon.

Originally Posted by Dundee

Done first attempt.
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Not on farking lake Taupo!

Originally Posted by Danny

Great stuff guys. Maketu wasn't too flash yesterday. One snapper and one Kahawai for the old man. Trout fishing today.

Hard life that one!

Originally Posted by Maca49

Not on farking lake Taupo!

I'm not on farking Lake Taupo