Surprised by metal lures

[PaddyT]

Yep they're the ones, i actually prefer them to Halco twisties as they can handle a bit more speed-stick to trebles for general spinning , on a high speed retrieve i missed less fish. The old style treble with ski jump sized barbs werent great but modern , slim small barb chem sharpened ones are great. These days when i buy metals i just rip the std trebles off and store the lures without hooks and just whack a treble onto the one im using and that doesnt go back in the tackle box - i just use it until i lose it. As i said dont get overly hung up on the lure brand etc- just watch the action/match the hatch-if you get "followers" the two most successful ploys are either crank faster (which gives a semi committed fish a bit less time to hesitate) or drop the lure size a bit- works most times.