03-02-2011, 09:19 AM
There is no hard rules on which is the best tackle for lure fishing, but it all rests on the angler.
Both multiplier and spinning tackles are able to handle lures well, spinning tackle would cast ultralight lures much more easily, but at the standard weight of the lures (abt 7gms), multiplier sets would have better accuracy with decent practise of course.
Both rod and reel must be matched to the line class and lines from 4 to 12lbs are much more commonly used for lure-casting. And being light-weight does help a lot as you'd be casting the lures repeatedly and retrieving them for more than 50 - 100 times each time you fish. Most anglers would elect to have rods of about 5 to 6½ ft long which are rated at the line class you'd be expecting you use it with.
Line choices can be mono or braided/fused lines. Mono has more stretch and is better against abrasion with a lower refraction rate and may be better for spooky fishes. Braided/fused lines have very low stretch and would do better at deeper waters where the visibility of the line is not a strong factor, but you can reduce the chance of it being seen by having a long flurocarbon or mono wind-on leader.
With lighter lines, having a length of doubled line attached to a wind-on leader does help in sustaining shocks as well as prevent breakages due to abrasion. Double knots include Bimini Twist, Spider Hitch and Australian Braid.
Double to leader joins can be made with Albright knots, Double Uni-knot or GT knots.
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Both multiplier and spinning tackles are able to handle lures well, spinning tackle would cast ultralight lures much more easily, but at the standard weight of the lures (abt 7gms), multiplier sets would have better accuracy with decent practise of course.
Both rod and reel must be matched to the line class and lines from 4 to 12lbs are much more commonly used for lure-casting. And being light-weight does help a lot as you'd be casting the lures repeatedly and retrieving them for more than 50 - 100 times each time you fish. Most anglers would elect to have rods of about 5 to 6½ ft long which are rated at the line class you'd be expecting you use it with.
Line choices can be mono or braided/fused lines. Mono has more stretch and is better against abrasion with a lower refraction rate and may be better for spooky fishes. Braided/fused lines have very low stretch and would do better at deeper waters where the visibility of the line is not a strong factor, but you can reduce the chance of it being seen by having a long flurocarbon or mono wind-on leader.
With lighter lines, having a length of doubled line attached to a wind-on leader does help in sustaining shocks as well as prevent breakages due to abrasion. Double knots include Bimini Twist, Spider Hitch and Australian Braid.
Double to leader joins can be made with Albright knots, Double Uni-knot or GT knots.
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