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We all love catching a bunch of fish and pulling into the marina with a rigger full of flags - and most of us will give anything a try to make that happen. Recently, while fishing out of Kona, Hawaii, I saw several lures in our lineup that caught my attention. And it's no wonder - the lures were skirted entirely of mylar, the kind you usually see adorning flies. The crew skirted the lure by wrapping the top of the mylar sheet around the lure and secured it with waxed thread and glue just like you would with a regular rubber skirt.
This little trick adds a tremendous amount of flash to the lure, making it much more appealing to fish and fishermen alike since it more than doubles the visibility of the lure in the water. The captain has no problem picking these babies out in the spread!
If you don't want all that flash, or just like the action of your rubber skirts, you can try putting the mylar on the bottom and layering your regular rubber skirt on top.
Also, a lot of wahoo fishermen add flash to their setups by taking a little mylar and folding it through the eyes of their hooks and then securing it to the hook shank with some wraps of waxed line to hold it in place. This adds flash and breaks up the profile of the trailing hook in the lure.
Eric Leech
Pompano Beach, Florida
