Soft Plastics 101 - Chapter 9 - Curl Tail Plastics

In this chapter of Soft Plastics 101 we look at Curl Tail Plastics, their design, action and application, along with a few suitable retrieve techniques to get the most out of your curl tails. Fish on!
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[@grahamwhalley6372]

Thanks for these very useful instructional videos. I’m from the UK and just starting to use soft plastics so I’m sure your instructions are just as relevant here too. Thanks again.

[@spinnermad7615]

I have been really enjoying these videos in the series

[@tackletacticstv7687]

Thanks for the kind words Spinner, all the best with the fishing. Cheers

[@spinnermad7615]

Tackle Tactics TV catch a few for me next week as i will be in hospital with an operation. Be awhile before they let me cast a lure unfortunately. Hope everyone else catches some lunkers for me

[@larrygdwl]

All your videos are the best on youtube! Thanks mate!

[@steiny3353]

Another very helpful video. Thanks Justin

[@terminatortusa5311]

Great video, I've just started using plastics and this is great. Thank you

[@tackletacticstv7687]

Thanks Terminator, we hope you get stuck into a few soon. Cheers

[@Mr.Bui123]

Catch any fish?

[@nozrep]

a tried and true pattern for sure that many bait brands utilize. In America there is a brand called bass assassin/salt assassin. A bait brand with all different pattern baits but for whatever reason I have had a lot of success catching “speckled trout” in Galveston with a silver glitter/gray/black curly tail of there making.

[@leonmasterman-smith1077]

Thanks for this I love bream and have caught heaps and I seen this video

[@Adiarby13]

My only complaint is they melt easily. Other than that they caught me lots of fish

[@220374alf]

I have mistakenly found Zman soft plastic do not hold up well in tropical climates unless there actually in the water hahah

[@Adventureinaboxx]

How do you know what size jig head or hook size to use? Any pointers?

[@whoschinaman2200]

As long as it fits the plastic lol

[@mathswithgarry7104]

I haven't seen any doubletails in a long time, and yet there was a time they were considered great lures. Have they just gone out of fashion, or is there some reason people don't seem to be using them anymore?

[@syekroy]

Great informative video I'm just a bit surprised you change hands to wind in a lot easier to use your left.

[@tackletacticstv7687]

Hey Syekroy, hope all's well and you're getting stuck into a few. I grew up fishing that way from a very young age, so it is built into me now... especially after years of high speed spinning with my right hand from the beach. It is all automatic now, so I don't even notice that I am changing hands to cast. It's interesting how in different parts of the world it varies also. All the best with the fishing. Cheers, Justin

[@syekroy]

@@tackletacticstv7687 Keep up the great work Justin and all the best for the new year Tight Lines (ABU used to have a publication called "Tight Lines" they put out every year with all their gear in it) now I'm showing my age LOL

[@tackletacticstv7687]

@@syekroy Thanks and all the best... I think we're all starting to feel our age a bit now too ;) Fish on!

[@nozrep]

exactly. muscle memory. that is all it is. One is not “easier” than the other, per se. I switch hands too. But if I decided to practice casting and reeling with the same hand for a thousand casts, it too, would became muscle memory and second nature. It is all about the muscle memory that you practice. It does not matter if a person switches hands or stays on the same hand. Just choose a preference and practice practice. And it becomes muscle memory.

[@nicksmith3746]

I'd rather use bait and chillax... 😁👍🏻