Thread: what lures to use when fresh water fishing

Originally Posted by Shooter

All I ever use mate! Have been looking at those Rapala lures but can't justify the extra dollars. Does anyone here rate those rapalas over the trusted Toby?

Rapalas are the shit. Back when we done lots of trout fishing we used all kinds of lures and always left the rapalas cause in our local they were $18 each but one day dad got a couple of them and they worked wonders. I outfished a couple of mates in the same pool even they use rapalas now

Cant speak for the rest of NZ, tobys have their place. Good for places where you need to cast far and such. Rapals can be hard to get decent distance. Fine for the rivers here but the lakes can be hard. River fish are better though anyway