Rapala Husky Jerk

The Husky Jerk is a suspending model (very slow sinking on a steel leader) which has built in rattles. The colour shown, 'Clown' (CLN), has been very successful in Canada, here I have had better success with natural designs like: the greenish 'Tennessee Shad' (TSD), Silver (S) and Blue-Silver (SB). I like to present it with irregular sometimes sharp jerks (as the name implies) with short pauses in between. Sometimes more aggressive, but sometimes also a more subtle (but irregular) presentation, making it look like a dying fish, is very successful especially for pike. For me this is definitely a pike lure, the small ones are also good for black bass.

Husky Jerk Clown with middle treble removed

Diving Depth

Casting

Rapala:

HJ 6      0,7 m
HJ 8      1,1 m
HJ 10    1,3 m
HJ 12    1,5 m
HJ 14    1,7 m

Trolling

Rapala:

HJ 6      1,3 m
HJ 8      1,5 m
HJ10     2,0 m
HJ12     2,5 m
HJ14     3,0 m

Precision Trolling:

The Sizes 10-14 have the same diving curves!
Line out needed to reach a certain depth in dependence of the line diameter.

depth/ line	1 m	2 m	2,7 m	3 m	3,3 m	3,6 m
0.20 mm 6 Kg	3,9 m	6 m	15 m	27 m	31 m	36 m
0.25 mm 10 Kg	3,9 m	10 m	22 m	30 m	36 m
0.28 mm 12 Kg	3,9 m	12 m	27 m	36 m
0.30 mm 16 Kg	4,5 m	16 m	36 m
0.36 mm 20 Kg	4,5 m	19 m
0.40 mm 26 Kg	4,5	23 m