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Twitching is a unique technique for catching predatory fish. Trophy fishing trips to Siberia's protected areas offer the opportunity to test your skills in the fight and hunt for noble predators. Experience a sense of solitude with nature for a few joyful days, inevitably filled with action and the chance to catch various toothy fish, including salmon.
After a helicopter cast, anglers find themselves on the banks of beautiful bodies of water teeming with trophy fish such as lenok, taimen, grayling, and pike. However, reeling them in from their natural habitat requires greater cunning, caution, and attention. They also need certain skills and a mastery of fishing techniques, one of which is twitching.
Features of twitching.
This fishing technique involves cycles of jerks and pauses. Wobblers are used as bait. To attract the attention of river "tigers" or "alligators," jerks must be performed with a certain amplitude. If an angler masters this method, great success awaits.
Twitching allows you to fish in a variety of bodies of water on the Putorana Plateau. Whether it's a calm river with a gentle current, or a turbulent mountain stream, rapidly flowing into the distance, gently and carefully skirting the beautiful taiga landscape.
The key to twitching is that the angler, by guiding the fish, tricks the fish into thinking it's not a lure, but a wounded fish. All movements should resemble those of a wounded fish, easily attacked by any predator.
When twitching, pay special attention to the wobbler, its configuration and action. In the clear waters of the reserve, you can see its movements. This allows you to practice your jerking technique, making the movements realistically resemble those of a wounded minnow.
What are the different types of twitching?
The wiring technique is divided into 3 options.
Monotone
This technique is suitable for catching trophy perch and pike. It's more suitable for fast, active predators. Minnow or deep-sea wobblers are used for this option. The technique is as follows:
· Cast into the most promising place in the reservoir;
· Wind excess line onto the reel;
· The end of the fishing rod or spinning rod should be near the water itself, and the free part of the line should lie freely on the water surface;
· Without using the reel, make sideways jerks of the line so that they don't look like drags.
· Use your other hand to reel in any excess line that appears on the reel;
· Continue jerking the lure while reeling in the line. The lure should move approximately 40 cm per jerk.
Another technique is that the further you cast, the sharper the jerk. This is important to consider when using a larger wobbler or softer line. The retrieve speed is two jerks per second.
Rhythmic
This option involves a series of jerks, followed by a pause. Then, the same pattern continues. Anglers themselves must regulate the speed of the jerks and the timing of the pauses.
Chaotic
This type of rig allows you to catch trophy pike. Wobblers designed for this river "alligator" are used. These lures move more quickly and quickly provoke the predator to attack.
The drive is not particularly different from the rhythmic version. The only difference is that the next jerk should be stronger, and the hold time is shortened or lengthened.
This is what the fishing technique of twitching entails. The technique itself isn't particularly complicated. Therefore, the valuable skills acquired during your first few casts help you fine-tune the necessary movements. And after fishing, enjoy preparing various delicacies right on the shore.
