They were popular in the 80's and early 90s in terminal fisheries like Alberni Harbour and inside Nootka and other like areas around the coast. They slowly petered off and are still available upon request. They are also popular in other parts of the world.
This and many other tips are on the instruction page on the Tomic website.
It will be different for every plug. Some like the tow bar, some like the ring, some like the pins pulled. It's the unfortunate game of roulette you play with buying a plug. Some of them are killers, and some are totally useless. Try each method of connection with each plug you buy, and then once it starts working, don't mess with it.
Ya my TOMIC history means nothing. They'll have answer.
I always run rings...that is unless the plug does not work after trying more than a half dozen times on a pattern that should. Then I tie to the tow bar, if that doesn't work in the same amount of tries, then the last resort for me is to pull the pins. It may or may not work.
Ya my TOMIC history means nothing. They'll have answer.
ok what’s the answer then Rob ?Ya my TOMIC history means nothing. They'll have answer.
The long and the short of it is that UV optical brightner enhances the visibility of the substrate. It's intensity degrades through the depths, however still minutely visible to some species below 200ft. Your UV flashlight will be the most intense indicator at the surface level of both UV and glow. Glow will absorbe and retain lumination for a period of time where UV will enhance and reflect colour tone creating an illution of depth in the substrate of the lure. Not all TOMIC UV designated plugs are created equally, even though they may share similar product number designations. RVP series plugs have two significant code indicarors. RVP is simply a standard UV finished lure where the RVP2 is a winning combination of enhancement techniques added to the plug to offer the best illusion at all depths. RVP2 combines both glow and UV properties along with high light refraction and colour shifting insert tapes to gain great effects depending upon the depths.
It's pretty simple and very common knowledge amoungst diehard plug anglers. It has much to do with body assembly alignment and applied paint. For the body, make sure the mold lines on the belly are in a close to straight line as possible. For paint the best analogy is "less is more" type of concept, accept in some circomstances where a heavy stripe may be more desirable at curtian times of year. Like pink for instance in the summer months. Some areas of the coast at curtain times the fish will react at a higher rate to more pink on the sides of a plug than say in the winter months.
Do you have a picture of that RVP2-602PSii plug?
It is simply supposed to help attract fish, as does glow and as does high light refractive tapes. Layered colours help give the illusion of depth on the substrate of the lure.
I will post some when I get home to Nanaimo tonight or tomorrow before I head back to Victoria for work at PEETZ again on Monday morning.
My apologies. I am not able to get at my collection. It's buried from our recent move. Too much going on, no extra time. I'll circle back soon.
I like the 232 on my shallow rod when there’s that dark plankton in the water
