SMITH Puppet More #16 FO Splash Belly

More Power, More Distance for Surface Tactics:
A large-sized Puppet featuring a weight transfer system, a rarity in the area. The Puppet Moa is a topwater plug designed to adjust swiftly to the fish's mood, emphasizing its ability to encourage fish activity. Inheriting the DNA of Puppet Surface, it focuses on refining strategies for challenging situations, effectively enhancing follow-through capabilities. With increased appeal to draw out fish motivation, superior castability to reach farther points, and the ability to adeptly adjust to the changing moods of fish when used alongside Puppet Surface, it promises an even more thrilling surface assault.

Features:
At first glance, this lure may resemble a crankbait due to its lip, but it's actually a "topwater plug" designed to be worked primarily with rod action. It showcases a lively "sharp and tricky action."
Any signs of surface disturbance, such as changes in sunlight or wind, indicate a perfect opportunity to cast. It's ideal for fishing when fish are on the surface, as well as during moments like "aquatic insect hatches," "when leaves or petals fall on the water's surface," "when fish are actively feeding on pellets," and "during dawn and dusk feeding times." These are perfect times for easily targeting fish with a topwater lure.

Effective Usage Situations:

✔ When you want to efficiently target fish that are further offshore.
✔ When you want to raise the activity of fish towards the surface.
✔ When you want to smoothly lure fish from deeper areas.
✔ When the wind is strong and the surface is choppy, providing a trigger for the fish to bite.
✔ When environmental conditions like water temperature, light, and wind are not ideal, but you still want to draw out active fish.

Features of the Puppet Moa with Weight Shift System

✔ Increased Casting Distance

✔ Increases the number of fish you can target by reaching further distances.

✔ Stabilization of Flight Posture

✔ Ensures stability in lure action immediately after landing.

✔ Enhanced Appeal Power

✔ Generates a unique knocking sound with the weight ball, enhancing attraction.

By adopting a room structure similar to the katakana character the weight ball reliably returns to its original position immediately after landing. This design prioritizes the initial movement over maximizing casting distance. Even during strong wobbling rolls, the weight ball remains positioned stably in the front lower section, avoiding erratic actions. This ensures efficient lure manipulation even during crucial moments like immediate post-landing offshore enticement.

Hooking Enhancement Gimmick Traditionally, as lures increase in size, the positioning of hooks tends to change significantly (spacing increases). Puppet More, however, retains a usage feel closer to Puppet Surface not just in action but also in hooking timing to enhance hooking rates. By shifting the rear eight ring (metal fitting) forward and reducing the distance between the front and rear hooks, it makes the sensation during hooking more perceptible.

Easy Control of Enticement and Hooking Action Settings

Puppet Surface was originally designed to allow easy adjustment of appeal, from subtle to strong as needed, making its "variety of enticements" a charm. It can even be subtly submerged for a brief time before resurfacing, enhancing strategic fishing possibilities when combined with these elements.

Puppet More inherits the same concept. For instance, when using Puppet More, if the appeal is too strong and results in missed bites, you can try a gentler enticement. Conversely, if the appeal is too weak and fails to elicit strikes, you can increase the action to provoke a bite. By alternating between Puppet Surface and Puppet More, you can effectively support a wide range of fish motivations, enabling more strategic surface fishing.

Primary Enticement Techniques

By varying the type of actions, their intensity, and rhythm, it becomes easier to adjust to various trout activity levels. It's also effective to intersperse these enticements within a single cast.

Landing → Pause

The first few seconds after landing represent the initial opportunity for a bite. To respond promptly to bites immediately after landing, manage any slack in the line smoothly without over-tightening during or just after the cast.

Tip Action → Pause

When you want to entice fish with short, subtle movements, a short-pitch rod action (i.e., tip action) is effective. This allows fish to target more easily for a bite, making strikes more noticeable on the rod, which is effective even in challenging sight conditions.

Stroke Action → Pause

When you want to efficiently attract a wide range of trout, using a stroke action by lowering the rod and slightly extending the lure's movement distance is effective. Since trout often chase from a distance, it's important to occasionally wait a bit longer depending on the situation.

Shake → Pause

By shaking or tapping the rod tip, you generate a 3D table-turn action that moves between the water surface and just below it. This action allows for luring with shorter movement distances. It's effective for triggering bites from fish that may not fully commit to other presentations or when you want to actively provoke strikes in key areas.