When bass start chasing baitfish it's best to follow suit by throwing a baitfish imitation.
One promising way to entice fish is the use of soft plastic jerkbaits.
Soft plastic jerkbaits, or flukes as many anglers call them, produce bites time and time again.
One fluke is great but what if you could fish with two?
Yes, it involves tying a few more knots but the action when running two soft plastic jerkbaits opens up a lot of opportunity for anglers.
More than likely, the place you fish will have anglers out there throwing hard or soft plastic jerkbaits.
By doubling up on flukes, you offer a lure presentation that most fish will be seeing for the first time.
What You Need
To setup a double fluke rig you'll need the following:
2 hooks (wide gap style)
2 swivels (size 8 SPRO power swivel or similar)
2 soft plastic jerkbaits
1 bobber stopper (optional)
Rigging Double Flukes
The steps to setup the rig are dependent on the type of knot your prefer to use.
If you find yourself always using a Palomar knot or something that requires a loop around a piece of terminal tackle (hook, swivel) then you will need to prep your leaders in advance.
If you use a clinch-style knot that can tie directly to terminal tackle without being looped around then you can tie your leaders on in later steps.
Using Palomar-style Knots
Tie leader line to both swivels (be sure to make the sliding swivel/leader combo shorter than the main swivel/leader).
Feed sliding swivel/leader combo onto main line
Feed bobber stopper onto main line (optional)
Tie main swivel/leader on
Tie flukes onto each leader line
Using Clinch-style knots
Feed swivel onto main line
Feed bobber stopper onto main line (optional)
Tie main swivel/leader on
Tie sliding swivel/leader on (be sure to make the sliding swivel/leader combo shorter than the main swivel/leader)
Tie flukes onto each leader line
TIP: When tying leaders, make them a bit longer than you need them so that you have additional line to work with when tying on hooks. If you want a 12 inch leader start with an 18 inch leader to give yourself plenty of extra line to tie on your flukes.
As hinted above, work to have your leaders at different lengths.
Having the leaders tied at different lengths ensures the flukes aren't running into each other.
Fishing a Double Fluke Rig
How you fish the rig should be similar to how you would fish a single soft plastic jerkbait.
Let your rig sink to the desired depth and begin working a cadence.
Jerk-Pause or Jerk-Jerk-Pause are good cadences to start with.
Don't forget to experiment with different pause lengths for each cadence as well.
Warm water fish typically like faster moving lures with shorter pauses whereas colder water fish tend to prefer longer pauses.
Time to go catch 'em!
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