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Don ’ t Forget To Include Flatfish In Your San Pablo Reservoir Tourney Arsenal !
The first working prototype of the Flatfish crankbait was completed by Charles Helin , a Detroit autoworker , on September 12 , 1933 . Flatfish caught fish then and they still catch fish now , yet few anglers use them these days for anything beyond river salmon .
Here ’ s a news flash , as effective as those massive T-55s are at eliciting strikes from river run kings , smaller versions of the same lure are super effective for trout , when a slow moving erratically wobbling bait is needed . And for San Pablo ’ s cold water winter rainbows a slow moving lure with ample vibration may be just what you need !
Why are Flatfish such effective trout catchers ? Clearly speed and action are the keys to the lure ’ s effectiveness . The lure provides lots of wiggle , putting off a ton of vibration and flash , yet do to it ’ s design it creates this disturbance at very low speeds . This means that the Flatfish offers a bunch of action and vibration , while staying in the strike zone for an extended period of time .
A glance at the Yakima Bait catalogue reveals that Flatfish come in 2 million colors and 1 millions different sizes … Okay I ’ m exaggerating , but there are a bunch of choices to sort through .
For trout stick to baits in the F-2 to F-7 size range . I use F-4s and F-7s almost exclusively .
Historically the all time hands down favorite color of Flatfish for trout is Yellow Dot Frog . If you are a trout angler and you don ’ t have a Frog pattern Flatfish , it concerns me !
When the conditions are dark I like to run Flatfish in Frog and black w / chartreuse dots . When the conditions are bright , I like to go with flashy baitfish colors , with the California Watermelon finish being a real favorite of mine .
I don ’ t run Flatfish with blades or attractors , but I ’ ll often wrap or tip them to make them even more attractive . For tipping I use either a small anchovy fillet or a tiny piece of worm . For wrapping I employ nylon thread and a small anchovy or shad fillet . I apply it to the plug just as I would for river salmon , everything is just done on a smaller scale-www . yakimabait . com
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