b'Feature Having some extra flasher/tinsel material on the hooks can pay off.SLIDER OR KABURA with just one hook, the trailing hookMICRO JIGSAgain, for sliders (aka kaburas) thereso easily ends up in feet or handsAs the name suggests they are are numerous brands with differentduring the handling phase. You willsmall, straight, flat-sided jigs that models but the basic morphologybe extremely grateful the extractionare fished vertically. The fluttering of these lures feature a big leadof such a hook does not mean havingon the drop draws attention head, that has been painted with ato push it all the way through yourand strikes. Micro jigs can catch hollow core small enough to threadskin to cut and then remove it. surprisingly large fish, especially a line through, which will attachOften with these styles of lure, allwhen the predators are feeding to a skirt with squid-like tentacles.you must do when a strike comeson smaller fishlike anchovies. They These look more convincingly likeis to wind the line, without quicklycan also be particularly good on a squid or baby octopus than anlifting the rod. Fish will often attackslow calm days fished hard on the inchiku and can be deadly whenand keep the tentacles in the mouthbottom. Perhaps because its easier fished slowly hugging the bottom. when grabbing these lures, so afor a lethargic fish to nail a smaller The hooks are usually the samesteady wind is effective. I wouldfish that is slower than a larger one. style as the inchiku-style hooks -recommend doing high lifts and dropsOne disadvantage of micro jigs thin gauge and very sharp. I wouldof the rod and very small lifts andcan be the fact that you need calm highly recommend crushing or filingdrops of the rod. Try and do a 30cmweather to fish them in water that down the barbs because when youlift and drop and then gently bounceis 30m+ deep. Micro jigs can also get a thrashing kahawai or snapperthe lure in small 10cm taps.This canbe great for catching Jack mackerel in the boat, and they are hookedwork when other methods miss. and using them for live baits.14FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'