Attic ARCRANK MRC

ARCRANK MRC fits an ultra-thin, high-hardness carbon lip and carbon head to the ARCRANK MR shape, holding back roll while widening the side-to-side swing into a distinctive snake-like swimming motion. That consistency is worth noting because a bait that changes character between casts tends to draw fewer follow-up strikes than one anglers can rely on to repeat the same motion.

It's built for the same pressured area-trout ponds as the MR, giving anglers a second, higher-response action to switch to when fish have grown wary of a standard wobble-roll. It is worth having rigged before a session starts, since the situations it covers are common enough that reaching for it mid-session often costs a missed window.

Changes in retrieve speed create bite triggers across the whole range, from a dead-slow crawl up to a fast, reaction-triggering crank; varying speed through a retrieve is more productive than a single steady pace. Varying the pace and the length of each pause through a session is usually the quickest way to work out what the fish want on a given day.

A 5-6ft light area-trout rod, a 1000-2000 reel and 2-4lb line or a fine fluorocarbon leader suit this lure's light weight and sensitive action. That balance of rod, reel and line keeps casting accuracy high without sacrificing the strength needed to see a decent fish through to the net or the wall.