04-09-2011, 11:03 PM
I rarely if ever use flashers with anything but wedding rings and/or bait. I have never used them with spoons, flatfish, or rapalas. I could surmise that they are imitating the flash of a feeding fish, but lets just say they attract fish. Dodgers and flashers (not the flashers we are talking about) also attract, but in addition to that, they provide movement to, say, a herring or hoochie. The dodger swings back and forth, and the flasher makes large rotations. So, if fishing for salmon in salt, or kokanee in fresh water, you wouldn't ever want to drag a hoochie behind trolls. Hoochies, with the exception of the new and very productive Ace Hi Flys, have no movement of their own. Pop gear won't provide that. Dodgers and flashers will. Mike
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