Cicada lures

In 2017, this lure celebrated its 60th anniversary, and could have quietly retired. However, no one is going to write it off, and it’s not about pension reform at all. The popularity of American blade bait, or blade, in recent years is only gaining momentum. This bait catches a variety of predators, at any depth and at any time of the year. In our country blaid bait is called cicada. What is its secret?

Appearance

The traditional shape of the body of the cicada has a resemblance to the insect of the same name. The bait is made of sheet metal, cutting out of it parts in the shape of a fish or shark fin. On both sides of the wide part of the billet fused load, which creates high-frequency vibrations during the conduct. Due to the compact shape of the body of the troll is also convenient to use. It flies far and sinks quickly, so cicada can cover a wide area of water at different depths.

Depth

Control the horizon of cicada wiring can be done in two ways. The first method is traditional and is used with any trollers – it is immersion of the bait on the bill. The second method is associated with the design feature of the cicada. Most cicadas have on the “back” up to four holes for fastening. Suspending the troller for the first hole, you can spend it in the surface layer of water. Using the last hole for attachment, you can deepen the cicada as a trolling wobbler.

Wiring

Uniform wiring is the most popular with beginners due to its simplicity. The speed can be different depending on the water temperature and the activity of the predator. The warmer the water, the greater the speed. Uniform wiring works well for perch, pike and jherech. To seduce bottom predators can be used different variations of jig wiring: shallow tapping on the bottom, smooth rises rod and classic step. For fishing near the bottom, it is better to replace the tees, which are equipped with most cicadas, on double or single hooks to reduce the likelihood of snagging.

Modifications

Even a catching tackle does not cease to improve and modify. Manufacturers equip cicadas with rattles, LED lights, silicone tails and petals on the hinge. The last modification is especially interesting, because it turns the cicada into a separate type of bait – tailspinner. Teilspinners themselves are very catchable, and are worthy of a separate topic of conversation. But if a cicada is used as the body of a tailspinner, the lure becomes twice as attractive. When evenly wired, it vibrates at two different high frequencies, and when falling, its petal continues to create medium-frequency vibrations. The only and quite a significant disadvantage of such baits is that most of the bites of predators on the even wiring follows “after the fact”, and the fisherman feels only a blow on the petal. The fish is caught only when attacked in the front part of the teyl-spinner or its full swallowing. The cicada is deprived of such a disadvantage.

Winter use

Cicada is one of the few all-season baits. On the first and last ice on it catch even those anglers who do not use it in the summer. The game of cicada is strictly vertical in contrast to the balancer, which moves horizontally when blasting. Because of this cicada is convenient to use in snags or near other underwater obstacles. In winter, the cicada catches perch, pike, pikeperch and bersch. Moreover, to catch pikeperch experienced fishermen planted on the hooks pieces of tulka, claiming that it increases the number of bites several times.

Creating vibrations on a sprawling wiring, cicada attracts to the hole predator from a large area. Therefore, the first thing, having found the bottom, you should make several wide swings, raising the bait at 1-1.5 meters. At the same time perfectly feel the vibration – the bait plays. Lower the cicada should be on a taut line to avoid overlapping hooks. To persuade the fish to bite, apply a small animation with pauses, sometimes accompanied by smooth rises and descents. Here, as in mormyshing, there are no clear instructions, everything is decided by creativity.

Conclusion

So, let’s summarize.

1. What is a cicada?

Metal bait, which traditionally imitates the insect of the same name. Attracts attention with high-frequency vibrations. Compact and convenient for long throws and fishing different depths. Suitable for horizontal and vertical wires.

2. How to adjust the depth of cicada wiring?

3. Conductions for cicada bait.

For perch, pike, zherekh – uniform. The higher the activity of the predator, the higher the speed.

Bottom predators – jigging.

4. Catching on cicadas from the ice in winter.

Conditional prey: perch, toothy pike, pikeperch and bersch

Places: any, including snags, as the cicada is immersed strictly vertically.

Wiring: shallow animation with pauses, smooth rises and descents. Apply creativity.

5. Tailspinner.

The author of the article considers this bait catching variety of cicada, equipped with a petal.

“Minus” teilspinner in the fact that on a uniform wiring fish is caught only if the bait is attacked in the front part or swallowed whole.

“Plus” more tantalizing game: fluctuations of the body and petal.

In our hypermarket cicadas can be found in the assortment of various well-known manufacturers of baits: Strike Pro, Waterland, Lucky Craft, Berkley, etc.