Extra care and expense is taken to clear coat blades in a durable epoxy, that is chip proof and completely impervious to worm oils that destroy and discolor ordinary painted blades when they come in contact with plastic tails. The A medium heavy action 7-foot-6 or 8-foot rod is preferred. Each blade style is unique in its flash and vibration, but the one you choose should depend on the depth of water you’re trying to fish.
If I use a color other than luminescent it will probably be one that matches the bucktail blade’s color (e.g. This will prevent the lure from fouling on itself or in shallow cover, but most importantly will often trigger a musky that is lurking where you just cast. This will take a few casts to get the hang of, but is one of the techniques that separate successful bucktail fishermen from the rest.During the retrieve, speed the bucktail up and slow it down at least once. Depending on water clarity, fish can see UV blades up to 7 times further than ordinary blades. This fits in with the research of Mepps Color Technology ‘ regardless of the water color studied in this research, high contrast colors were most visible.The trend in musky rods is for length. The best rule to follow is to set the hook on anything that feels or looks different during the retrieve. Sometimes they’ll simply inhale the bucktail and swim toward the angler, and the only thing he will feel is the blade ceasing to spin. Painted blades are clear coated, making them impervious to plastics that destroy standard painted finishes. I use either a St. Croix Avid AM80MHF (8-foot) or an Avid AM76MHF (7-foot-6). Mepps makes bucktails that easily cover a wide range of depths.On the other end of the spectrum is the willow leaf-style blade of the Mepps Giant Killer.
Bucktails can be fished fast or slow, in clear water or dark, shallow or deep, from season’s start to end. The unique new WilloBeasts can be fished faster then other big blades to cover more water, making them an excellent search and trigger blade.
This sound is a major factor in what makes the Apache so effective. Whether to use marabou or deer hair depends on the mood of the fish ‘ some days they’ll show a distinct preference, other days it won’t matter. To do this, begin the retrieve with the rod’s tip pointed directly at the lure, then sweep the rod 90 degrees to the side. All painted blades are coated on both sides to produce more color in rotation. Painted blades are clear coated, making them impervious to plastics that destroy standard painted finishes.The world's largest, high performance, #11 willow blade, the WilloBeast™ produces more flash with less pull then #10 Magnum blades. End every cast with a figure-8, making the loops of the 8 as large as possible while performing the maneuver as smoothly and deeply as possible. If you spot a follower and it still doesn’t eat the bucktail after the direction change, sweep the rod 180 degrees to the other side to give the bait another change of direction. The #8 Willow PreyFish™ Blades are a breakthrough technology, The #8 Esox Cobra® Willow Muskie Blades are the finest, high performance Muskie blades available in metallic and painted finishes. Their spinning blade and wiggling tail seem to hold a special fascination for muskies, and when the moment of truth comes and a musky strikes, they hook up with the efficiency of their being little more than a piece of wire and a hook.Bucktails are my favorite musky bait because when muskies are biting on them, they tend to be aggressive, and that means I’m going to catch more than one fish that day. File each hook from the barb to the point.Muskies often do not strike a bucktail as hard as one would think. Some of my favorite combinations include a chartreuse blade/black tail/chartreuse Mr. Twister trailer, an orange blade/black tail/orange trailer, a silver blade/black tail/glow trailer, a silver blade/white tail/smoke trailer, and a pearl blade/black and white Musky Tandem tail/glow trailer.You’ll note that all of the above are high contrast color patterns.
WilloBeast™ blades are built to the highest quality standards with solid brass base metal and high quality finishes. The world's largest, high performance, #11 willow blade, the WilloBeast™ produces more flash with less pull then #10 Magnum blades. Unique Hexagon metallic finishes produce more flash and vibration than either smooth or Hexagon finishes. I don’t know why this works, it just does. All painted blades are coated on both sides to produce more color in rotation.