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Scent works:
Several fishermen swear by various scents applied to our
lures. Just spray or wipe it on each time you check your
lure.
Scald your Tubby:
Several fishermen swear by this one – submerge your
Tubby in boiling water. Let it sit for a few minutes (keep
an eye on it) and keep it submerged (you’ll have to
hold it down with a pair of pliers on the tow bar). Try
not to touch the plastic with the sides of the pan or your
pliers. Pull the Tubby out and submerge in cold water until
it’s cool. The theory on this one is the hot water
will soften the plastic, the air inside the lure will expand
and the Tubby will expand. When you cool it quickly in the
cold water it will hold this new "Tubbier" shape.
Weight your Wee Tad:
Squeeze a split shot weight to the line under your Wee Tad,
about a half an inch above the hook. The hook will trail
back towards the tail a bit more and the weight changes
the action.
Wee Tad on Steel Leader:
“Hi, most of my fishing with your lures is
for trout but I use the Wee Tads for all fish. They are
the best lure you can use for walleye and pike, I modify
them by cutting the clip off a 18 inch steel leader, passing
it through the Wee Tad and putting a larger red bead under
it, then crimping the hook to the leader. This combination
will catch 3 to one better than the rubber jigs. Most of
the plugs in my box are Wee Tads but recently my boat was
robbed of all my tackle and equipment lost. Thus I went
to my usual tackle suppliers only to find most won’t
be getting in their next stock till spring, being a avid
winter fisherman I needed to restock, thanks to the internet
it was possible. Bryan”
Spoon used as a dodger for Kokanee:
I wanted to give you some feed-back on my experience with
the Tomic Lures. On my last order, you included a free gift
of a large roadrunner lure in a glow finish. As a Kokanee
fisherman looking for an edge, I took off the large siwash
hook and trolled using the Roadrunner as a small dodger
rigged 10 inches ahead of a kokanee bug tipped with white
corn. Wow!! It out fished everything else on the reservoir.
I was also very impressed with the Wee Tad in the 755 orange
color. I consistently caught larger Kokanee and it held
up very well.
I look forward to an exciting year of fishing with Tomic
Lures. John C, Burns Oregon
Troll fast for control in wind:
“I use Tomics because I can troll them effectively
between four and five miles per hour. That allows me boat
control in the "usually windy" conditions found
on large interior lakes during the late Fall. Dave K”
Put the hooks backwards:
Try rigging a spoon with the hook on backwards (point of
hook NOT towards the dish of the spoon). Mike Egli, our
favorite fisherman in Nootka Sound says the action is the
same and he hooks more fish this way. You'll be less likely
to hook bottom too. You can remove and reuse the stainless
hook a couple of times if you are careful. You must twist
the opening back rather than opening the hole again. When
bending the hook do it in one movement rather than several
small movements. Manipulating the stainless steel will weaken
it, so we don't recommend reusing it this way more than
twice.
Avoid small fish with a big hook:
We’ve heard from several salmon fishing sources that
when the small salmon are thick, a good
way to avoid them (and get to the bigger
ones) is to use a big plug and replace the hook with a larger
one. This trick is used extensively offshore of Tofino and
Ucluelet, where an 11/o hook is put on the 7” classic
or 6” Tubby. The Coho have a tough time getting their
mouths around the bigger hooks.
Spinner on the Multi tail:
Replace the tail hook of your Multi with a spinner. We’ve
heard of all kinds of attractors being towed back here instead
of, or in combination with, the hook.
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