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the ongoing conundrum of choosing singles or trebles.....

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Brandon Khoo:
We've had this discussion/debate on precious occasions and this trip was no exception. Both Malcolm and myself copped stick from the Nomad boys every time we dropped a fish on a treble. That said, they were very quiet everytime a fish was lost when it was hooked on a single!

After all this time, I have yet to resolve a position one way or the other. I am , however, coming to the view that a single rigged with an assist cord may be the way to go off the back of the lure and that for the belly, I will either run a treble or a baker rig. I notice that the baker really has caught on with Nomad and they seem to run this a lot off the belly. the only weakness with the Baker is a tendency for the hooks to roll around. This may be able to be countered by using some tying the hooks together with some wire twist.

I was running big Shout assist hooks on my Orion flapper and hookups felt very sure indeed. I did not drop a fish with this set-up on the trip but I only used it sparingly as the flapper is only good in certain conditions.

Neil Griffiths:
An intertesting thing happened at Marion last year that goes some way to solving this riddle. All my sticks were rigged with trebles, this drew some flack from the deckies who have much belief in singles. So one day I decided to rig with singles and give it a go. There was a period that day when I had four solid strikes in a row from big fish, none of which hooked up, I was muttering about singles and Scott the deckie was also losing his confidence in them. The next day I'm back on trebles and exactly the same thing happens, four fish lost on trebles with all and sundry asking questions!!
What does it all mean?
Some fish will get away no matter how you're rigged, sometimes in multiple numbers, this is just how it is. Wouldn't it get boring if all fish where landed?
Do what you do with confidence, as a firm belief that what you are doing will work, is probably the number one thing that separates the wheat from the chaff.

Luke Wyrsta:
I still use both but what it really now boils down to is the fact that singles suited to our purpoises are stronger than even the strongest trebles available. Although singles can be warped (not commonplace using the guages we use) they simply are on a different wavelength in regards to strength.

For now, i haven't had enough Recorders die on me to care that much - yet..... still experimenting with those combinations though (but Kiribati was disheartening when you only have trash biting!)

Brandon Khoo:
I think you caught more fish in Kiribati than I caught in Vanuatu!!


--- Quote from: Luke Wyrsta on August 13, 2007, 08:50:57 PM ---I still use both but what it really now boils down to is the fact that singles suited to our purpoises are stronger than even the strongest trebles available. Although singles can be warped (not commonplace using the guages we use) they simply are on a different wavelength in regards to strength.

For now, i haven't had enough Recorders die on me to care that much - yet..... still experimenting with those combinations though (but Kiribati was disheartening when you only have trash biting!)

--- End quote ---

Greg Burt:
Yes Brandon, but you can't catch fish indoors when it's cyclonic, with the fish still terrified from an earthquake and tidal wave in the area  :o, gee you have some exciting and 'Stormy' trips. ;)

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