Gearing Up for Extreme Ultralight Distance: Japan-Style
Matching gear to the size of the fish requires the angler to find the perfect balance of power and finesse, but sometimes balance isn’t fun and you just want to crank it up to 11. When that feeling strikes the most neurotic fishermen in Hawai‘i, we turn it down to 0.11 instead. We’re talking small, small, small.
Ultralight may not be an exercise in balance, but it is a high-wire act. Make the smallest mistake, and it’s bye-bye. Most anglers new to this tiny corner of the sport hit a wall long before the fight: the cast. Although our lures generally weigh 1/8 oz (about 3.5g) and more, the gear adopted by anglers who must throw much smaller baits (down to
