Very few lures cast as far,as acurately - and aseasily: Brooke re-worksthe classic Lazer Lure

HookedOnBrooke

with Brooke Frecklington

Metal slugs, metals, twisties/spinners, theseare the various names of one of the handiestpieces of tackle in any fisherman’s tacklebox.

This small but reliable piece of tackle can catcha variety of fish in any number of fishingscenario. It is simple to tie on and cast out withdeadly accuracy (even for a new fisherman) anda fast retrieve will cause the lure to look like asmall fleeing bait fish. Kazzam! Anything from the

humble green back tailor to chunky members ofthe speedy tuna family (and everything inbetween!) will have a crack at these elegantlysimple lures.

Australian-owned business Lazer Lures havebeen in the industry for over 30 years nowproducing some of the best quality metal luresaround.

With a variety of spectacular colours available,there is a style and size available for almostevery circumstance, in both fresh and saltwater.

The traditional shaped metal starts at 10g to90g in the original Lazer Lure range.

In the slug range there is a 20g, 30g, and 42gmodel. These slugs have a little thickerappearance with out looking too big in length.The extra weight of a slug gives you the chanceto cast the lure a little further withoutcompromising on a super small bait fishappearance.

And lastly, Lazer Lures also have a twistyshape, with a slight “S” shape to it for moreaction without any special effort from the angler.These are available in 20g, 30g, 45g and 60gweights.

All of the Lazer Lure range has the choice ofbeing purchased with trebles or an upgraded splitring and a single, needle sharp, inline VMC hook.Personally, I prefer the single hook set up as itmakes life easier when unhooking my capturedfish.

When it comes to metals, a lot of us think aboutjust casting them out and bringing it back with afast retrieve. However, there is a lot more to itthese days, when it comes to different types of

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It is easy to see whykingfish - small and big -are easily convincedLazers in blue coloursare yummy baitfish !

Well, that was fun! We had found a FAD thatwas holding a number of small and legal sizedfish on it. Traditionally, trolling over the packwould spark a feeding frenzy for fleeing lures, butinstead, we decided to cast metals first.

My first choice was a little ambitious, one of the35g fluro orange Lazers. I had follows but nohook ups. My next choice was sure to be awinner, 25g blue pearl, the perfect bait fish sizedand coloured lure. The dollies went mad for it;instantly a few undersized models and even asmall pack of juvenile yellow tailed kingfish wereonto it.

The second chance we had to test out thesegreat looking metals was during our trip toHervey Bay this year, when the perfectopportunity arose as the bay was filled with smallspotted mackerel in plague proportions. And so,

fishing. Think about it. Not only the top waterpelagics are interested in fleeing bait fish, everyfish wants an easy feed, and so the metals rangecan be used vertically as well as traditionalhorizontally.

I love micro jigging, slow jigging and jigging ingeneral, so its natural for me to want to use theselures in this fashion as well for pelagics and reeffish too.

The Lazer lures website has some fantasticinformation on how to use their lures in differentfashions. I’m yet to try these lures out in fresh forbass - this could be an interesting experience forme as I don’t often get to where we can targetour native Australian bass.

The first time I tried the Lazer lure range was inSeptember last year off the Gold Coast spinningfor dolphin fish offshore.

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There is a widerange of coloursand weightsavailable in theLazer range - andevery fisho hashis own take onthe best model!

on Day One of our trip Denis and I rigged up ourfavourite coloured lures with a trace length ofsingle strand wire for these toothy critters. We castout in to the schools of fish and within moments ofthe metal hitting the water we had our first fish on.

The ‘go-to’ favourite 25g blue pearl was a hit,and so was the Lazer pink bait. The mackerel justcouldn’t resist them, even with the short length ofwire trace.

And more recently, with a gap in the windyweather, Denis and I made our way to NorrisHead just off Cabarita Beach in Northern NSW(just south of the Qld border) where we knewthere was some great land based action to behad. With reports of good-sized tailor around, Iwas keen to see how the Laser lure range wouldhold up to these finger choppin’ fish.

Rock fishing can be frustrating if I am bait fishingor using livies amongst the rocks with inevitabletangles, but this is not the case when spinning theLazer Lures. I had the choice of choosing wheremy lure is positioned, and the Lazers can be castso far and so accurately, they were far easier toposition to good effect.

Again, with a fast retrieve, the fish couldn’t resist

the power of a fleeing “bait fish” and so we hadmultiple hook ups in a short session before thewind decided to make it unbearable to fish.

Tailor are fun to catch like this; I feel like theyhave a surprisingly explosive hit because it’s oftenhard to see them because they are socamouflaged in the washy green water.

On this day, there was a fair bit of mutualadmiration, as the aggressive tailor working in theheadland backwash sure did get stuck into myLazer Lures with their razer-like teeth. Many smallchips of paint disappeared from several of my bestlures at the end of the day, but that’s when I knowI’ve had a good session!

I am super impressed with the durability andquality of these Australian owned lures and theywill be a forever part of my tackle box.

So, I can safely say I have used the Lazer Luresin their traditional fashion of spinning for fish. I willcontinue to use them trying other methods. I’mparticularly interested in chasing bass using thejigging method. You all know I’m mad aboutoffshore fishing so I will use them upside down,inside out and back to front, too.AB

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Brooke with a tailortaken out of the

foamy backwashunder the headland -tailor love the roughstuff - and the Lazer

lures enable theangler to cast and

control the lure withreal precision.

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The juvenile dollies around a Gold

Coast FAD couldn’t getenough of the Lazer lures.

It is important for anglers to align the best weightLazer Lure to the rod and line weight being used. If you are not sure how to balance the rig - check in with your local tackle shop - they’ll haveyou sorted in minutes to ensure you are getting thebest casting performance from your outfit.

Hey - for more info aboutcolors and sizes, plus a heapof very useful rigging tips andcasting techniques, check outthe Lazer Lures web site on

www.lazerlures.com

or contact them on

info@lazerlures.com