Don’t worry this isn’t a blog about the Aussie soap opera of which Angel was my favourite, nope this is a blog about Viva AquaWave lure products.

Whether fishing at home in the UK or on an angling adventure abroad, I wonder what  you look for in your lure fishing choices?

Not everyone is necessarily concerned with trophy fish. Indeed, just to be catching fish of any size, from a multitude of different species can be extremely fun and I’d say for fishing on your foreign holidays, rock fishing pretty much guarantees you some fish-filled holiday snaps.

Whether at home or away, I am fast realising that I want lures with a specific set of qualities to meet the demands of aggressive reef and rock fish. Sure, I have used and do use expensive soft, heavily scented lures, but often these last for two fish at the most. They are useful in coloured water of on difficult days, but they do not always offer the best for your money in terms of cost effectiveness. This is where the awesome AquaWave products really come in to their own.

Firstly the AquaWave lures come in an awesome range of colours from very natural looking to very bright, something to meet every light condition and clarity of water we might encounter, both in the UK and on holiday abroad. From silt-stained Welsh gullies to crystal clear mediterranean reefs, Aquawave products cope with most of it.

Chartreuse is a great choice for deed and dingy gullies.

Translucent lures are great in gin clear water

Secondly, there is a range of types and profiles suited to different styles; such as the “Straight”, which I like for Caro rigs; the “Spark 40” for dart head jigs and a kind of “Wind” style retrieve; the Ami shrimps for dropshot and jig head and the shads for a nice swimming action. All these bases are covered and tailor to the wide range of species and habits you might come across.

The straight is a nice pin fry imitation.

The Spark 40 lends itself to dart style Jig heads.

Thirdly, the material these lures are made from, is a really buoyant material and the Straights for instance look superb in the water, even on just a jig head. Because of the buoyancy, they can really look like a small worm or eel burrowing in the sand with its tail up nice and high, just inviting predatory fish to bite or suck them up for an easy meal.

The material is also super stretchy and therefore durable, this is a pretty essential quality but perhaps even more so when Rockfishing abroad. Just about everything I’ve encountered wants to ruin your lures! Pufferfish, Bream, Grouper, Lizard fish and so on, all have pretty deadly teeth! Most lures will not last long, especially amongst the tail nippers! Countless times I have to change other lures due to tails being bitten off or chunks taken out of the side, where as  AquaWave products last and just keep on catching fish.

These Ami’s just pick up everything!

 Lastly and of particular note would be the AquaWave Jig heads. Both the “Lockhead” with its lure retainer and darting action and the “Rockbait” jig head are super reliable. They come in a range of weights and hook sizes to suite various situations and species, not to mention they are sharp and strong too!

They give me great confidence in those moments when you hook a bonus fish, that you most definitely want too hook and hold!

Held on a 1g Rockbait Jighead

Amberjack are sure to test your hooks!

Don’t let those memories escape you, choose Aquawave!

AquaWave products really are a great choice for your domestic or foreign rockfish adventures. Reliable and effective both home and away, don’t leave home without them!

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Since the very first day I started Rockfishing Wrasse have had a special appeal to me, I really buzz off of the simplicity of light Wrasse fishing. From scrambling around on rocks looking for broken ground with deep kelp bedded holes, to jigging over precarious rocky over hangs are all part of the enormous fun that light Wrassing is.

I buzz off of the way you and your kit become totally in tune as you tap the rock and kelp strewn sea bed with a simple Texas rig and using the refinements of your tackle to read the ocean floor. Often in serene, peaceful surroundings, yet excitedly awaiting an aggressive Ballan to bite your lure, before tearing off and trying to wedge himself back into a nest or hole. It really is pure fun and guaranteed to put a smile on your face! If this kind of fishing is for you, please read on.

Over the last few years I have genuinely found it difficult to find the right lures for  light game Wrassing, with a specific quality for light game texas rigging. I have quite a few lures that lend themselves to jig head application, but I have found very few that really lend themselves to a weedless presentation, that is until I joined the HTO team!

Upon receiving my HTO starter pack I was delighted to find the HTO Mini sticks and Mini Shads inside, I’d never seen them before and the material felt just so good and is off just the right quality to allow a weedless hook to pop out and hook a fish. The profile too just lends itself so well to this style and right away they screamed “Texas to me”!

Rigged with a 2g cone and a #6-#4 EWG hook.

The colours too are just perfect for Wrasse fishing, I often like greens, browns and blues for Wrasse, with an Ayu colour being a firm favourite. Had I finally found a “to go lure” for my light game texas rig?

OH YES! From my very first cast with these lures, I was as hooked as the fish!

These lures just look great in the water, they have a sweet shimmer as they fall through the water column, when they are twitched or just moving with the water and boy do they trigger the fish to bite!

The HTO Mini Sticks and Mini Shads have truly earned themselves a firm place in my box of tricks and trust me, Wrasse aren’t the only species to like them!

Many thanks for reading.

Lee Goddard.

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