Treble size

[ellicat]

What treble size should I buy to upgrade the standard one's they use on the lures I'm collecting for the Monduran barra ?

As far as brand goes, I take it Owner is the way to go ?

Thanks in advance :ta:

Also, What do you think of these items for Barra ?

Curado '08 - CU200E5 (decided to give baitcasters a go )

Suffix Performance Braid - 30lb Green

Tough Flurocarbon Leader - 40lb .60mm

Owner ST-76TN - 4/0

Tierra - Cork Handle - TR 601MHFB ; Cast ; 6' 1pce ; Med/Heavy ; 10-17lb

[Feral]

All spot on except the hooks.

VMC 6X in size 1 or size 2 will do for 99% of your lures (a lot cheaper to) and dont forget the rings as well.Halco size 4's are just big enough, but a bit of a pain, go with slightly bigger (internal diameter, not strength) with size 5's.

These hooks http://www.motackle.com.au/index.cfm?pr=product&product_id=573

These rings (50lb size 5, lighter strength than the halco's, but you cant get Halcos over size 4 for love or money)

http://www.motackle.com.au/index.cfm?pr=product&product_id=1142

Also while your there have a look in the specials they have blue fox barra lures for $8, and on the main page classic barra lures for $11.

The classic barra in guns and roses was one of the gun lures last trip. (Colour A in the halco scorpion was the other)

Dont forget to check out your local Big W, which have a limited range of the brand name barra lures, but the cheapest prices you will find anywhere for what they have.

[rayke1938]

Brian

Do a search on one of my old posts " twisted leader how to "

If you are going to be fishing in the timber a twisted leader is near essential as they are much more resistant to break off due to rubbing against the timber. If you fray a single leader it will break whilst if you have a twisted leader made of say 4 strands of 10 lb you will normally only break one strand and still have a leader of 30 lb left.

Cheers

Ray

[kriso]

nice mate, im going the curado as well should have mine in couple of weeks and running it on a barra raider single piece thats similiar in spec to your tierra. not sure wich braid but will probably spend a bit more then i normaly do for that so i can get a higher rating with a thinner diametre to get more on , the drag on the curado is friggen beefy and nice and smooth so should be sweet there! i will have a range of leaders with as well.

[paulymassy]

mate i like all apart from the braid. i think finns would be a better option or pe braid if money isnt an issue

hope that helps

cheers

[noname]

only ever fished for them at bli bli. and when the lad behind the counter gave me the hooks to use, i nearly hit him. looked like hooks for targetting black bream, and they seemed to do the job i a must admit. it's like the complete opposite to what you would use for wild barra for some reason. 6lb line and sfa drag was also recomended, but it worked. i would recomend a reel with a very smooth drag, and plenty of it if fishing light.eg 30 lb

[kriso]

well im hitting up tackle warehouse this arvo to grab my e5 before he sells out and the prices go up. unfortunatley no lh models available for the e5 only e7 but 7 ratio is no good to me.

[TomW]

Hey Ellicat, I would also change the brand of braid. I am thinking along the lines of 50lb Fins in Yellow : Basically for better casting as it's a bit wider diamater and it's much high in the strength column! Everything else seems to be intact though.

[ellicat]

Thanks for the replies and advice. Will put it to good use in November hopefully :woohoo:

Just have to figure out what the best - - - - - - - - is :laugh:

[TomW]

Oh and I would use 80lb leader.

Tom

[noname]

ellicat wrote:

Thanks for the replies and advice. Will put it to good use in November hopefully :woohoo:

Just have to figure out what the best - - - - - - - - is :laugh:

a big esky full of piss and heaps of smokes, maybe a boat ride.