From Passionable Fishing, our Japanese-language journal.

These double soft-lure rigs really stand out. The fish come at them at tremendous speed, and most of those fish are big aji.

But with two soft lures to take in, I can feel them struggling a little to get the whole mouthful.

So I wait until the lures are in the fish’s mouth—about 1.5 seconds.

A soft wriggling sensation for roughly 0.75 seconds… a grinding, working sensation for another 0.75 seconds… and then a solid, sustained pull.

It is not the usual tap-tap. The fish seems to have already decided that it is going to eat.

When the double rig stops working

Once the fish become wary, though, they stop coming for it. Well, now…

At that point, I switch to an ordinary long, slim soft lure.

A little tap… another tap. There they are.

And I catch them, although the size settles back down to normal.

I can usually catch several fish before they wise up to the double rig.

When a big aji rushes in—almost as though it is pushing the other fish aside to get there—it is tremendously exciting.

I explain how to attach the two soft lures in a separate article: the step-by-step rigging guide.

Later observations: catching shaku aji on the fall.

Originally published on our Japanese-language site, Passionable Fishing, on 19 May 2020. Translated for Avantgarde Fishing. These are the author’s personal observations at the time of writing. Product availability and fishing conditions may have changed.
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