Some metals and lures

[HawkesburyParadise]

My Wife bought me a travel rod for Father's day. Maybe she wants to travel the world Fishing with me 😂

The rod itself I haven't got around to yet but the package had some assorted lures, tiny SPs and spoons.

Will these Spoons work for Tailor, etc? Any other species? They are fairly light but the hook end is on the smaller side? 

These SPs are tiny. I've added my watch face for comparison. What hook size jig would I need for these?

[slothparade]

Those are pretty neat little spoons. Out of interest what travel combo was this? Ive only ever seen lures like this in America in like little multi packs and big ones sold by them selves. 

As for the soft plastics, they look to be the standard ones you get in all in one combo pack, I have a bunch of them I found on the side of the road. They work alright, not the great. I have a bunch of these tiny jig heads I found, they're like 1/24 ounce or something and tiny hook. Work alright on those soft plastics. 

As for the spoons, maybe trout on the small one and tailor and salmon on the larger ones? 

[dirvin21]

The spoons will catch taIlor and salmon and they work really well on rainbow trout

[HawkesburyParadise]

20 minutes ago, slothparade said:

Those are pretty neat little spoons. Out of interest what travel combo was this? Ive only ever seen lures like this in America in like little multi packs and big ones sold by them selves. 

As for the soft plastics, they look to be the standard ones you get in all in one combo pack, I have a bunch of them I found on the side of the road. They work alright, not the great. I have a bunch of these tiny jig heads I found, they're like 1/24 ounce or something and tiny hook. Work alright on those soft plastics. 

As for the spoons, maybe trout on the small one and tailor and salmon on the larger ones? 

Yea she bought it off a shop owned by Bezos. It's called BlueFire so I'm not surprised it's American. 

Edited September 20, 2022 by HawkesburyParadise

[Green Hornet]

As long as there's a bit of weight in those spoons to give you enough casting distance to reach the fish, they'll work for sure. Tailor and salmon would be your main targets, but you'll also catch flathead with a lift and sink retrieve or a slow wind across the flats. Back when I was a kid there was an extremely popular lure called a Wonder Wobbler that was a spoon, but had the profile of a baitfish. They accounted for thousands of good catches.

The plastics, think about lightly weighted jigheads on  a #1 or 2 size hook, even a #4 if you can find them for the smaller ones.

The pic is of a couple of Wonder Wobblers in different sizes.

 

[HawkesburyParadise]

3 minutes ago, Green Hornet said:

As long as there's a bit of weight in those spoons to give you enough casting distance to reach the fish, they'll work for sure. Tailor and salmon would be your main targets, but you'll also catch flathead with a lift and sink retrieve or a slow wind across the flats. Back when I was a kid there was an extremely popular lure called a Wonder Wobbler that was a spoon, but had the profile of a baitfish. They accounted for thousands of good catches.

The plastics, think about lightly weighted jigheads on  a #1 or 2 size hook, even a #4 if you can find them for the smaller ones.

The pic is of a couple of Wonder Wobblers in different sizes.

 

I've heard there are a 100 year old spoon lures still made the same was as back then. Out of curiosity, Did Fish get better at recognizing them or people simply got bored of them?

[Green Hornet]

2 minutes ago, HawkesburyParadise said:

I've heard there are a 100 year old spoon lures still made the same was as back then. Out of curiosity, Did Fish get better at recognizing them or people simply got bored of them?

They still all work, just peoples attitudes change. There was an old episode of Hook, Line and Sinker where one of the hosts cut the handle off a teaspoon, added a hook to the spoon part and caught a couple of rainbow trout.

I often switch to "old school" lures and do quite well. Modern day fish haven't seen these, so they're new to them.

[Rebel]

Give them ago.

I have used lures that I thought would never catch fish.

Cheers.

[slothparade]

1 hour ago, HawkesburyParadise said:

Yea she bought it off a shop owned by Bezos. It's called BlueFire so I'm not surprised it's American. 

Yeah it's definitely American, can tell from the ad. Looks a nice rod and reel though. Enjoy 🙂 

[frankS]

Here Is a few I made for Wazathe fisherman some time back. bottom is the original.

Frank

[Little_Flatty]

Yep those spoons look the goods. Just check the hooks though and if they're blunt, get a hook sharpening stone and touch them up.

Often when I'm not convinced a lure might work, I keep it on my rod until I catch something, just out of curiosity. Invariably I do (and more often than not a tailor or a flathead, neither of which are very fussy). I haven't actually caught a fish on a wonder wobbler yet. I should set that as a goal before Christmas!

[Little_Flatty]

@HawkesburyParadiseBy the way, keep the travel rod permanently in the car with a few lures and scissors. You’ll be surprised how much extras fishing you’ll fit in!

[Pafisho08]

Guess what --The Wobbler lures are on the shelf at the big A tackle store. Not expensive .

Bob

[Green Hornet]

@frankSI remember when you first posted about the Waza Wobblers ages ago.

Great stuff and what an honor for Waza to have a lure named after himself.

[Burger]

Love the Waza Wobbler!!

Thnk all us 'more mature' (aka older) fisho's had a Wonder Wobbler or two.

[Green Hornet]

56 minutes ago, Burger said:

Love the Waza Wobbler!!

Thnk all us 'more mature' (aka older) fisho's had a Wonder Wobbler or two.

I remember no matter where you were, every general store and petrol station had them hanging on the wall.

[Rebel]

I have two of the orginal Wobblers.