Trabucco Surfcasting Academy, episode 11: a nice fishing session in the sea characterized by the presence of side wind.
Today's video shows a challenging and particular fishing situation, characterized by the presence of side wind from north-east with a force of about 20 knots, which requires you to accurately establish the fishing setting to have a successful session.
The presence of lateral wind pushes us to predict a catch that will take place under the shore, roughly in the first 50 meters where the presence of turbid water ensures the presence of a great activity, which is immediately confirmed with the first launches that lead to the capture of a small sea bream and a sand steenbras. Launches beyond this area would be much more risky because of the strongly agitated sea.
The weather situation leads to set a fishing session with a not excessively heavy equipment. On the spool there’s a 0.18 to have a lower resistance to the wind.
The technical cunning in days characterized by weather conditions of this type is to provide long rigs with very long armrests. The expert of the Trabucco team is fishing with 0.16 armrests of about one meter that, thanks to the current, stretch perfectly without any risk of tangling.
Surf novelty for 2018, the brand new XPS FP T-Force technology, a sliding wire with a constant diameter, characterized by the almost total absence of memory and a bright color that becomes invisible once in the water.
Three fishing rods including a lighter Supernova XT Beach 4703, a rod with excellent performaces, infallible in the typical sessions of early fall. A three-piece 4.70-metre rod with 160-gram throw power combined with an X-ride Beach 5500, the perfect solution for close-range fishing.
Next to this rod, a more powerful Impera Surf B-Surf 4503 made of carbon CX2 and nanotechnology for an unmatched responsiveness. The 2018 version of this Impera boasts a whole series of innovations and important technical solutions such as the Twist free, a 45-degree carbon loop crossing system that allows the rod to be incredibly powerful and precise in the creation of large range launches.
A 4.50 rod with a casting weight of 200-250 grams embellished by high quality components such as the Fuji NS7 stainless steel reel-holder plate, full carbon fiber tip and Sea Guide K profile rings and double ligatures, totally resistant and protected from the risk of corrosion. The Impera has been combined with the Lancer reel spooled with braid for greater sensitivity of touches.
The sea in early autumn is very generous, many prey of various sizes are pulled to shore and always promptly released.
Three baits are used: lug worm, Korean worm and American worm, even if the latter, consistent and full of blood, seems to get the better of sea bass especially if triggered on the lower hook.
Despite the lateral wind that prevents the wire from remaining in tension and removes part of the excitement to combat, the session gives many emotions and many prey, even a croaker and a diplodus cannot resist the appetizing bait.
As always, there is also the technical part with a tutorial given to fans. In this episode we will discover how to make a Shock Leader Knot "Burned" a discreet knot that passes between rings with extreme ease but with incredible grip, perfect especially when using a beach ledgering setting.
"Burned" because the lighter slightly warms up a head of the shock leader so that the material can be shaped by creating a small "ball" that will serve as a stopper for the knot. At this point between the shock leader and the main line a simple grinner knot is made. The two wires are held in a parallel position and with the main line you first create a buttonhole and then you proceed to twist it for 5 or 6 turns along the shock leader. The knot that has been formed is tightened and dragged towards the "burned" shock leader's head, which will automatically block it.
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