Rapala Ultralight Shad 04 Review

[@kallesjostrom6127]

Nice review Jano! Love the Rapala ultra light range of lures, makes great BFS lures for sure. The ultra light crank is my favourite!

[@yep.fishing]

Great to see you regularly posting Jano, this moght be a lure od be interested in. Small but still fairly deep diving.

[@JujuPig-vz5mq]

Just received the ultra lite kit & what I did with my metal snippers is snip one of the hooks off so there are only two hooking points now.

[@BFSFISHINGCHANNEL]

Nice review jano! Love that disclaimer at the end! 🙌🙌🙌

[@Koops2245]

Do you know if replacing the twin treble-hooks with one, single-point hook would compromise the lure's ability to sink?? I'm curious to know if it would change the speed of the sinking movement or completely eliminate the ability to sink.

[@LightTackleLureAngling]

Shouldn't, but I'll test it out for you this week

[@Koops2245]

@@LightTackleLureAngling Right on, I'd appreciate hearing those findings.

[@LightTackleLureAngling]

@@Koops2245, Sorry for the delay. Tested out some #8 singles. The UL Shad does indeed still sink with singles in fresh water, but it changes the angle of the lure during the sink. As removing the trebles removes a lot f the middle and rear weight, it sinks nose down with singles. So changes the look of the lure a fair bit during pauses.

[@Koops2245]

@@LightTackleLureAngling Thank you for sharing your experiment data here. You read my mind with the #8 hook size. I'm going to try a solitary single-point #8 hook on mine in a fresh-water stream. Now I'm wondering if one hook is more effective on the belly position or the tail position. More fun little bits of research for me. Cheers.

[@LightTackleLureAngling]

@@Koops2245 I'd got for tail if I were going with only one single. More likely to get hit on the back, and less likely to snag on the bottom. Would balance out the lip a bit better there too. Won;t hurt to try both and see.