CRAZY FISH Europe

23/02/2022

Crazy Fish Alpha is our new design! It is a flagship spinning rod!

#спиннинг #ультралайт Crazy Fish Alpha — новые эмоции от рыбалки, которые мы собрали в современном дизайне. 2 ультралайта с солидом до 4 и 6 ...

21/02/2022

WHEN NOTHING WORKS you should try all pieces in your arsenal to achieve some bites. This situation happened last weekend, when rainbows did not want to come and play with me.
I have tried almost all colours of my grubs but only white and pink worked well. All other well-proven colours fail so much that I had no takes registered!
My little daughter came with me to take dad some nice shots.

16/02/2022

How Arion 922 LT works under pressure by pike?

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15/02/2022

FILLING YOUR SPOOL
with a new line for the new coming season can be an easy task. If you do not get the right profile of the line on the spool you can do the following two steps:
- if your line shape is like a V, so there is some more line in the upper half, you should put another small ring onto the shaft
- in the case of A shape so if your line is mostly in the lower section, you should remove a ring from the shaft.
That is all!

14/02/2022

Great experiment!

10/02/2022

AREA TROUT 6.
Micro spoons for area fishing 1.

Micro spoons are very popular type of hard lures because even novice anglers can use the successfully on their very first trips, too. They have a “built-in” action that is why a newcomer can have good experience and on the other hand we do not need more items just a simple snap lock swivel and the tackle is ready to go. It will help us prevent line twist and easy lure change. Some area cups do not allow the use of plastic lures, so hard baits will step forward as a number one lure. Spoons can be distinguished by their shapes, their names derive from those forms.

SHAPES
Two main groups can be formed according to their frontal view. Applying this division we can speak about French-like and willow blades. French features a narrow and a wide profile on the ends, their width and length is about 1:2.5 while willow is like a willow leaf, both ends come into points, their ratio is about 1: 3-4.
If we have a look at their side views, we can form three main and lots of sub forms such as slightly cupped which features willows. Deep cupped version can be found on French blades and the last one is the S shaped.

Wide profiled spoons: their main value is the super slow presentation. Fish have more time to have a thorough look at the lure that is why we will less faul hooking. Slow presentation allows shallow water fishing as well and our lure will not get snagged or sit or hit the bottom. While retrieving the deep cup moves a lot of water around the lure’s path, making swirls behind.
In cold water condition we surely make good use of slow presentation because fish do not want to waste more energy on getting food just the minimum they require. They are less active this time, staying hugging the bottom hibernated and waiting for the prey to come to their mouth. Fish do not chase their prey this time.
Slow presentation is also a very good option if the fishing water is a little bit stained or discoloured when fish will not perceive the lure from the distance but feel the disturbance the spoon makes. Trout has a wide visual window, it mainly gets their food by sight, so we have to rely on this sense. Slow presentation can also be a drawback because trout have more time to inspect the lure and would find it suspicious and refuse it to take.
We have to note here that the deeper cupped and wider profiled lure will bend our rod tip more because of the resistance. It simply means two things, one is our rod will bow during retrieve and the other one is the lure will send us stronger vibration through the blank to our palm.
I would definitely recommend this form to novice anglers.

In the next chapter we will deal with willow spoons.

07/02/2022

CHANGING YOUR OLD LINE

It is time to be prepared for the new fishing season. After having your reels serviced, you should strip your worn fishing line off your reel spools.
I am showing you a fast and effective method how to do it. You will need some very simple tools, such as:
- a power tool
- an old line spool
- washer
- bolt and fitting screw nut

31/01/2022

AREA TROUT 5.
Reels for area fishing

Area trout fishing is a finesse style fishing so we do not need large, heavy-duty reels for the job. We usually use rods under 70 grams. While we are holding the rod in hand all the time we need a light reel for our rod to balance it. It is very hard to determine what size reel is suitable for an area rod. We can say that a size 1000 or a 2000 will surely fit into the grip. The size does not always give us exact weight. If we have a look at a Shimano Stradic or a Daiwa Caldia in this size limit, we find the scales will show well under 200 grams. But on the other hand Ryobi full metal Zauber reels in this size will well over 200 grams, they weigh about 240 grams! All right, we could say 40-80 grams do not matter! But DO! Just attach your reel into the holder and balance your rod with the fitted reel. If it is balance, you will find that the balancing point is somewhere in front of the fore foot of the reel holder.

Smaller reels such as 500 and 800 are not really favoured by me because they are equipped with smaller diameter spools. This means that you cannot cast as long distances as you can with a size 1000 or bigger reel.

The other crucial point is the very sensitive drag system. We usually use front drag reels but of course it depends on your personal choice. If you like rear drag ones, use them. The most important feature in my opinion in a good trout reel to have a very sensitive drag which can be set finely. One click towards stronger setting should mean a little stronger drag, two clicks a little bit more and so on. If your drag can not be finely tuned and will stop while playing a fish, you will lose it! I usually use almost zero drag and I use my pointing finger of the rod hand to cushion the run of the fish. It is the finest drag available but be careful, practice first before entering into a competition.

I use these reels mainly:
Shimano Rarenium 1000 Ci4
Shimano Stradic 1000 CI4+
Daiwa Luvias 1003

26/01/2022

AREA TROUT 4.
Rods for spoons and spinners

In the previous chapter we dealt with the rods designed mainly for jig fishing. In this part we will have a thorough look at the slower action rods. These mainly aim at chubs, trout or perch spinning. There are some area competitions where soft lures are not allowed to use in this case competitors have to grab their spooncasters. These softer spined rods can also be used for UL or nano jig fishing but they cannot give you the feel of a crisp jig rod while moving your lure on the deck. We are not able to give the same performance with our soft lures that a jig rod can.
They are comparatively soft that is why we cannot cast our micro jigs as accurately as with a fast actioned rod. These rods are equipped with tubular or hollow tip and can be bent into a full curve! Nowadays manufacturers make solid tip rods with this characteristic feature, too.
Fishing the spoons is quite a fast presentation compared to jig fishing. We should move our spoons or spinners to come alive really fast. The take on a spoon rod is heavy bending like you are pulling your tackle into a sunken water filled sac. This heavy loading requires cushioning by our rod.
The other reason choosing a slower rod for spoons because we feel the vibrations and turbulence in our palm produced by the hard lure. The power of vibrations should be reduced by the blank and grip as well in order to feel fishing and lure presentation comfortable.
Some recommended rods for hard lures:
Nano Long SE
Ebisu II Gold
Ebisu II Violet
Levin

We will deal with reels for area fishing next.

23/01/2022

AREA TROUT 3.
Suitable rods for plastic lures

Most of the rods designed for this area purpose rarely exceed 2 metres because in most of the cases we do not really have to fish sport surrounded by thick reed or other bankside vegetation. On the other hand, long distances do not often occur on area ponds.
Let us speak about the characteristic features of the rod. I would divide rods into two different groups. I am a jig fisherman who use plastic lures every time, except some cases when they do not work. Plastic lures can be presented in many different ways but there is one common thing we have to consider this is the added weight we put on the hook such as jighead, mormyshka, split shot, tungsten or even cheburashka or flex head. The lure presentation takes place mainly on or near the bottom. After the cast we have to wait for the lure to settle on the deck. That is why we need a rod with a little bit stronger backbone. But I have to point at that not the classic jig ultra fast jigging rods are required.
I really in love with the solid tipped rods because if the trout have a look at the lure the tip show registration. Of course it is not the truth but it lies close to it. In cold water conditions trout metabolism slow down so we have to adjust our lure presentation to this behaviour to be successful. Fish do not want to waste too much energy for chasing lures, they slowly patrolling and the prey coming towards us they bump into they take it. They do it really finicky. But, the fight after being hooked is really strong and powerful, we have to be cautious not to lose the fish or break our line or even tackle. We will discuss this question later more detailed.
I would like to offer some really good rods from our range. If your pond is stocked mainly under 30 cm rainbows you will not need a power fighter rod, in this case
- Nano Zero 172 cm 0,2-1,5 g
- Nano Zero Carbon 172 cm 0,2-1,5 g

will do your needs and what is more give you an enjoyable play.
If the size of the trout well over 35 or 40+ you would need a much stronger rod such as our new
- Arion 702 ULS 209 cm 0,7-5 g. (see pictures enclosed)
It has quite a lot of power reserve to cushion the runs of the hooked torpedo.

In the next chapter we will have a look at the rods for spinners and spoons.

19/01/2022

Let's see how Oleg opens the 2022 season with a spinning tackle in hand.

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18/01/2022

AREA TROUT 2.
Colours and flavours of soft lures

COLOURS
One of the most crucial questions may arise when we come to the spot, what colour I should choose. There are two main colour schemes, one of them is the natural and the other one is the vivid one. The exact answer may not be known by anybody in this wide world.
Accoeding to my experience if the water is a little bit murky or discoloured, vivid colours such as bright yellow, white or pink are better choice. In case of gin clear or so water conditions we should try a more natural colour like our somatic or dark brown. To tell the truth I personally opt for the yellowish shades in any conditions.

FLAVOURS
Nowadays every company producing soft lures place high focus on flavouring of their softs. We have more flavours to be chosen from. We offer natural flavours only! Some of them are plant based such as anise, garlic. Others are animal based for example roast fish, squid etc.
Flavours are really important besides the visual features. Especially in cold water conditions trout not so eagerly attack our lures as they do in summer. They take the lure into their mouth mounch it for a while to decide to swallow it or not. This is the moment when we have to be prepared for the hook set. That is why we need a really soft and responsive tipped rod in our hand. But do not step forward, this will be the topic of an other coming article.

All in all if I had to take one lure colour only with me it would definitely be a yellow one flavoured with squid or shrimp.