In article , Gandalf
wrote:
Many thanks for that Brownz.

These do work or they would not still be on the market but how do they work.
To daft old me they seem alien but I can see how they would look like a
small shoal of fish maybe so the pike will just lung forward and hit it all,
including the hook.

Is that the idea behind it.

I presume the combination sweeps out a larger area and so makes a bigger
target - looks looks a large meal. Spoons and spinners all sweep out a
space that makes them seem larger that they are - which is why plugs, which
don't, can seem (to us) to be so big - in fact the biggest plugs in the shop
are rarely larger than a 6 oz fish and so are really too small to interest
the larger fish unless worked right in front of their noses.

Big plug making can be a productive hobby - crude whittling and smoothing
skills are about all you need. Balsa is too bouyant for big plugs so a bit
of scrap timber is your starting point; it's more tooth resistant too.

The favourite diet of large pike is smaller pike. Is your lure rod strong
enough to cast an imitation of a 5lb jack?

The big disadvantages with the coathanger type lures are that they're awful
to cast and a real liability in bushed-up waters. They seem to deal OK with
watery snags but the slightest touch on an overhanging branch and they
lovingly wrap themselves into an immovable embrace :-( Very much an open
waters and boatfishing option.

Cheerio,

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