Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Children Love The Bright Colors Available On The Spinning Grub

By Gregory Thomas


Both children and their parents often have a love for angling, as well as other activities we humans engage in on waterways. In times past we had to make lures by hand, and the jig was born from this need as our understanding of what was required to ensnare fish improved. Our modern version of this jig is called the spinning grub, and it has improved on the design in many ways.

Utilizing colorful materials is key to attracting the attention of the quarry. The jigs made from sewing thread and a hook were done in brilliant hues that can be easily seen from under the water. If a tail was included on the jib, then the lure would wobble just slightly from left to right as the angler slowly winds in the reel.

The better the wobble, the greater potential for a fish to be tricked in to coming for it. Wobbling creates a disturbance in the water that fish, fowl, snakes, and even turtles might mistake for an injured insect or fish. These lake-dwellers are notorious for eating first and asking questions later, which is how we trick these animals into biting down on a hook that keeps them on our line.

The modern jigs are being called grubs, but their similar design has many advantages over the old-fashioned, hand-made variety. They are made of a rubber material that will not erode, fade, or decay from the time it spends in the water. Also, the tail is much more rounded around the back-end, so it creates a wobble that makes the other fish nearby believe that a larger creature than the lure is nearby.

Not all people who fish actually eat their catch, but those who do love the larger wobble on such a small lure because it brings them a bigger result. Small fish will feel this wobble in the water and are likely to avoid whatever animal might be creating it, as they cannot eat anything larger than themselves. Attempting to get near it actually creates a peril for the smaller inhabitants, and this means that fisherman have less catch-and-release to deal with.

The lake world has inhabitants who are familiar with their realm as an eat or be eaten environment. Every member of this environment is prepared to eat any other citizen, given the opportunity. Each creature is on the menu, being both predator and prey in their world, making it the most terrifying of environments imaginable.

Humans are merely tourists in this realm, and are basically the masters of their universe while they visit. Most lakes and rivers do not possess creatures large enough to eat human beings, although this generalization is not always true. There are some catfish and gar on record who have been large enough to kill and possibly eat humans, and the piranha in South America can collectively take down human beings.

Our ability to trick animals onto a dinner plate has allowed human beings to survive in spite of our vulnerability. We create faux prey to attract the attention of those we wish to eat, and then we take them by surprise by jerking them right of their world. We must seem like gods to them, and one cannot help but wonder if the younglings who are caught and then released return with wild stories of the world above the water.




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