Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3708 March 30-April 13,2018 | Page 12

12 March 30 - April 13, 2018 Nor Cal Trout Anglers Challenge VOL.37 • ISS. 08 Flashers: Putting Trout in Boats for Over 100 Years! F lashers or more correctly, “lake trolls” have been a cornerstone tool of trout and landlocked salmon trollers for at least a century. When all else fails you can slow troll a fly or threaded worm behind a set of flashy, jangling, rotating blades and you’ll likely hook up…This tactic worked for our great granddads way back when and it still works today. Like dodgers, flashers are attractors. Their job is to attract trout and salmon close enough to see your trolled lure or bait. They accomplish this task by putting out vibration and flash. A New Twist on The Iconic Ford Fender Originally fashioned in the 1930’s from the head- light reflector of a Model A Ford, few fishing prod- ucts in the world have as glorious a history as the Ford Fender Lake Troll. Trolled at slow speeds, the Ford Fender produces maximum flash and vibration Trout ~ Kokanee ~ Salmon ~ Shad OFFICIAL SPONSOR 18 Proven Kokanee/Trout Dodgers! 240 different size/ color combinations! that draws fish from extremely long distances. Experiment with distances of 18” to 48” between the Ford Fender and trailing lure as somet