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Oct 26 - Nov 9, 2018
Nor Cal Trout Anglers Challenge
VOL.37 • ISS. 23
Go Big, Go Fast… Or Go Big Go Slow!
By Cal Kellogg
ome anglers like to troll
quickly in the fall, hunting
for large aggressive trout that are
ready to be triggered into making a
reaction strike. Other anglers prefer
a slower approach. These guys feel
that big fish are old and smart and
will seek our large forage over small
forage.
The Mack’s Lure Team has both
the “Go Big, Go Fast” and the “Go
Big, Go Slow” fishing clubs covered.
Let’s look closer!
Go Fast With
Magnum
Hum Dinger
Spoons
Not only is Gary
Miralles, formerly of the
Shasta Tackle Company a
master tackle designer, he’s
also a super talented trout
angler and long time guide.
Gary’s darling of darling
lures when it was time to
hook big trout is the big
half ounce Hum Dinger.
“I think guys are scared
to use my big Hum
Dinger,” Gary used to
in order to draw a strike from them
the lure has to hang out in the strike
zone as long as possible.
The one thing these two groups of
anglers agree on is that in the fall
when the trout put on the feedbag
in preparation for winter, big fish
usually want a substantial meal and
lament to me. “If they’d try them and
pull them fast, they’d find out that
big trout really like slamming them.”
For me, 3 mph plus or minus a bit
is the correct speed for pulling big
Hum Dingers. And I couldn’t agree
with Gary’s assertion more. The big
Hum Dinger is a great big trout lure!
In fact, the biggest trout I’ve ever
caught at Pyramid Lake came on a
standard issue chrome and blue half
ounce Hum Dinger.
I’ve always done well with chrome
and blue and black magnum Hum
Dingers, but rumor has it that Mack’s
Lure is supposed to unveil a full line
of half ounce Hum Dingers in all
new colors.
Go Slow
With Super
Wedding
Ring
Spinners
in a full line of sizes from tiny
models tipped with size 10 hooks and
big “SUPER” models sporting a No.
4 hook. This is a lure that stays in
the strike zone for a long period, the
blade draws fish from long distances
and when a trout sees the lure and
worm combo it sees a substantial
easy to catch meal…BOOM!
For more information about the
Mack’s Lure lineup of deadly lures
and attractors visit them online at
www.mackslure.com.
I’ll bet most of
us think of the
same thing when
we think about
trout fishing
with a Wedding
Ring Spinner.
We visualize a
small size 10 red
Wedding Ring with
a chrome or brass
blade tipped with a
half inch piece of
worm.
That’s a killer
combo for sure,
but if you want to
go big and target
big trout that lure
just isn’t going
to fill the bill.
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