Newbie asks .....
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spring fever
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They are frozen bait-usually thawed and brined to keep them stiff and shiny(scales -wise) If you see the guys talking about pilchard pattern it usually is a spoon or plug as pilchards are much harder to obtain as a bait but they do work if you can get them.
Anchovies are by far the most popular type of bait that is used for salmon. Herring, anchovies, or other small baitfish, all have the same principle to them. They are fished in a teaser head and this teaser head causes the anchovy to roll. The rolling simulates an injured baitfish.
In the wild, salmon will swim through schools of bait (usually herring) as fast as they can, hence injuring some of them. The salmon swims back around and sees which ones are injured and can't swim properly. Injured fish also give off a movement that the salmon's lateral line can pick up. Salmon will not waste time going after perfectly healthy small fish, they will strike the weak. This is the theory behind all lures, anchovies especially; simulating an injured baitfish.
Anchovies / Lures Behind a Flasher
The theory behind the anchovy (or any lure) and flasher is, as mentioned above, as the salmon naturally looks for injured baitfish that were just injured by a salmon rushing through a school, the same applies to the flasher / lure combination. The salmon sees the flasher (i.e a swimming / feeding salmon) and the lure (i.e the wounded baitfish) behind it, and goes after your lure as it would any injured baitfish.
Starting with Anchovies
To rig up an anchovy is simple. They come as lures in the form of teaserheads. Simply place the head of the anchovy in the teaser head, and place a toothpick through the eyeholes. Make sure you also place a toothpick through the side of the teaser head through the external hole through which the line passes through. This stops the line from scrunching up the anchovy when fishing. Point being is you should have 2 toothpicks in every teaser head you fish.
In the wild, salmon will swim through schools of bait (usually herring) as fast as they can, hence injuring some of them. The salmon swims back around and sees which ones are injured and can't swim properly. Injured fish also give off a movement that the salmon's lateral line can pick up. Salmon will not waste time going after perfectly healthy small fish, they will strike the weak. This is the theory behind all lures, anchovies especially; simulating an injured baitfish.
Anchovies / Lures Behind a Flasher
The theory behind the anchovy (or any lure) and flasher is, as mentioned above, as the salmon naturally looks for injured baitfish that were just injured by a salmon rushing through a school, the same applies to the flasher / lure combination. The salmon sees the flasher (i.e a swimming / feeding salmon) and the lure (i.e the wounded baitfish) behind it, and goes after your lure as it would any injured baitfish.
Starting with Anchovies
To rig up an anchovy is simple. They come as lures in the form of teaserheads. Simply place the head of the anchovy in the teaser head, and place a toothpick through the eyeholes. Make sure you also place a toothpick through the side of the teaser head through the external hole through which the line passes through. This stops the line from scrunching up the anchovy when fishing. Point being is you should have 2 toothpicks in every teaser head you fish.
