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Ewan Macleod

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Re: New Heru??
December 19, 2010, 08:14:32 PM
Don't want to confuse the matter but I saw a heru Ulua 90 sink in the water the other day.

Mark Harris

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Re: New Heru??
December 19, 2010, 09:25:59 PM
Did it really sink Ewan or just go into the sub-surface?

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Re: New Heru??
December 20, 2010, 08:52:37 AM
I guess, subsurface action describes it better.

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Re: New Heru??
December 20, 2010, 06:50:28 PM
In that case, I guess because the angler was working it that way  ;).

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Re: New Heru??
December 20, 2010, 08:01:13 PM
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 .

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Re: New Heru??
December 20, 2010, 08:08:19 PM
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 :).
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Re: New Heru??
December 22, 2010, 03:46:46 PM
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.