Soft Plastics vs Metal blades

[ducky]

Yeah a18 was a secret weapon for a lot of fishos going back a few years ago.

[skronkman]

I like the strike pros. I use them but I change the hooks to singles and I hate paying the price of them. I have bought cheap and nasty blades from alibaba ($1 for 5 including shipping) that took months to arrive and the trebles were junk (changed to singles) and still caught fish. They were big by vibe standards. They caught salmon, couta and flathead. They could be cast about 4 million miles with a broom stick. I still rate them. With vibes your retrieve options are few, short hops, medium hops or big hops off the bottom. Then you have a jiggle on the bottom or a midwater retrieve. That's pretty much it. Depending on what your chasing you can try a selection of the above mentioned. Depending on the water colour I like silver with black stripes, all black or black with a red underside. Then I cross my fingers and pray to the fishing gods I know what I'm doing. Sometimes they answer my prayers. May the force be with you.