Floating Rapala
Jan 12, 2022 19:40:37 #
Andy cacciatori wrote:
Thank Ben I will try it.
I believe the old Rapalas were made with Balsa wood?
What pound test line do you use?
Have great day
Andy
I believe the old Rapalas were made with Balsa wood?
What pound test line do you use?
Have great day
Andy
You can still buy the Balsa wood ones
Jan 12, 2022 20:28:58 #
Andy cacciatori wrote:
Thank Ben I will try it.
I believe the old Rapalas were made with Balsa wood?
What pound test line do you use?
Have great day
Andy
I believe the old Rapalas were made with Balsa wood?
What pound test line do you use?
Have great day
Andy
20# braid with 8# flouro leader
Jan 12, 2022 20:49:05 #
ranger632 wrote:
You can still buy the Balsa wood ones
Balsa baits were the only thing I used when I bass fished, except for my H&H double willow blades.
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺
Jan 12, 2022 21:21:22 #
fishy
Loc: Susanville, CA
I have a lead core trolling set up on which I use a split back Brown Trout Rapala on a 40 foot 8lb leader. I took the rear treble hook off and tied on a 2 ft 6lb leader with a Gulp minnow on it...works for me.
Jan 12, 2022 21:24:47 #
Bob Browning
Loc: Cascade, Wisconsin
I've had a bluegill hit the Rapala so hard the entire treble hook went in his mouth 2 out the bottom lip 1 out the top. It wasn't very big but got added to our catch that day.
Jan 12, 2022 22:57:01 #
Ben Bragg wrote:
20# braid with 8# flouro leader
Thank you
Have a good week
Andy
Jan 13, 2022 08:22:12 #
bottomcoon
Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma
Andy cacciatori wrote:
Thank Ben I will try it.
I believe the old Rapalas were made with Balsa wood?
What pound test line do you use?
Have great day
Andy
I believe the old Rapalas were made with Balsa wood?
What pound test line do you use?
Have great day
Andy
You're right about the balsa wood Andy. I can't remember the first time I used a jointed Rapala, it seems I have always had them. One of the reasons I disliked Pike was after a trip to Ontario my Rapala's would be chewed up with tooth marks from the Pike. Smallmouth loved those Rapala's & they were the fish I was after but Pike would attack those lures something fierce. i had one jointed Rapala with the rear section destroyed. I completely removed the rear section & added a spinner bait trail hook to the lure. I would put a white curtail grub on the hook & cast the modified lure out & use it on a jerk & retrieve method. It worked great. I still have that lure.
Jan 13, 2022 12:28:07 #
Jan 13, 2022 14:22:31 #
greenfrog
Loc: Central NJ
Spiritof27 wrote:
And you don't have to be a bass fisher. Trout love them as well. Although I prefer the yozuri Pin's minnow, the Rapala is a damn fine lure.
Would like to hear why you prefer the Pin minnow?
Jan 13, 2022 22:44:36 #
RJFlowers
Loc: Montana
My cousin used to slay steelhead with a no.#3 Rapala, rainbow trout I believe was the pattern. Tis was in the tailwaters of the Sault Ste. Marie, MI hydro-electric plant. We fished from a boat. I had steelhead hitting the first fly I ever tied, a streamer of my own creation. I called it the Super-Duper-Yooper. Good memories, good times.
Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
Jan 14, 2022 21:59:14 #
bozokarl
Loc: south central Pa
I've caught a lot of trout on the 2 1/2" in brown and brook trout and a lot of lm bass on 4" - 6" in silver/black.
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