New Heru??

[Ewan Macleod]

Don't want to confuse the matter but I saw a heru Ulua 90 sink in the water the other day.

[Mark Harris]

Did it really sink Ewan or just go into the sub-surface?

[Ewan Macleod]

I guess, subsurface action describes it better.

[Mark Harris]

In that case, I guess because the angler was working it that way  .

[Jon Li]

With the xtra heavy duty trebles + xtra heavy splitrings available today , some floating lures may sink when armed with them , a pair of STBL66-5/0 + #11 splitring may add 25 gr. to the overall weight of the lure , more when one uses ST76 or similar trebles such as Gama #23 GT Recorder or Decoy Big Saltwater trebles , putting big swivel + additional splitring at the eyelet of the lure adds more weight still .

Jon .

[Mark Harris]

That's a very fair point Jon. When a lure manufacturer says, for example, 2 x 4/0 treble, I guess they are anticipating a normal gauge hook rather than a heavy duty ST76 4/0 for example.

On the subject of a sinking Ulua though, putting it down into the sub surface with a twitch and sweep or two is desirable I think .

[Ewan Macleod]

That's a very fair point Jon. When a lure manufacturer says, for example, 2 x 4/0 treble, I guess they are anticipating a normal gauge hook rather than a heavy duty ST76 4/0 for example.

On the subject of a sinking Ulua though, putting it down into the sub surface with a twitch and sweep or two is desirable I think .

The ulua on my last trip was only cast once and did immediately account for a 20kg fish. Seemed to cast better than the wahoo or heru dogtooth of a similiar size as well.