the bank as you could and then crank the lure
down to the desired depth and then work the
lure through the snag. The lure was designed
to be worked into the timber aggressively then
back off and let it float up and then bang it back
into the timber. The long bib and nose down
attitude combined with an aggressive action
really fired the barra up. When targeting the
pressure points with the suspending version it
was a matter of getting the lure to dive to the
optimum depth and then a twitch and pause
retrieve to imitate a baitfish caught in the
swirling water.
The last barra situation was towards the low
of the tide when the drains and small creeks
delivered the last of the bait to the waiting
barra and the riverbank snags stick high out of
the water. This was when the Barra X Pro came
into its own. It’s a shallow, 1m floating lure with
a high flash reflective finish and tight, easily
produced roll (this is due to the square bib
shape) that happens with every twitch of the
rod. The method was to get the lure to the snag
or edge of the drain and make it twitch and roll
on the spot, often this area was discoloured
and the reflective/holographic colours were the
best when this discoloured band of water was
present. We had some samples of the sinking
version of this lure that is due to be released
after the floating model and it was interesting
to note that once you had found a patch of fish
and the water had drained right out of the snake
drain or snag you were fishing on the bottom
of the tide, that the fish would not leave the
area and that’s when the sinking version
worked out wider of the bank really fired
up until the tide had turned to come in
and push itself back into the drain
or over the snag.
Flat Shad
Tango Shad
All in all it was so good to go to a remote place like this and use/test outstanding new and
existing product in a fish rich environment and know that the gear is up to the task and in
many cases ahead of the pack!
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