Ecogear JUKUSEI TAIRABA AQUA KUWASE FLAP SLIM (Bulk Pack)

The flat, slim profile is built for reliable hooking across a range of retrieve speeds, with fermented flavour and scent in the plastic adding a bite trigger once a fish has the trailer in its mouth. Its slimmer, longer shape gives a different silhouette and fall speed to the curly-tail version in the same range.

A trailer for tairaba (tai rubber jig) fishing for madai and related sea bream, fished from a drifting or anchored boat over reef and sand-mixed bottom wherever tairaba fishing is practised. Tairaba fishing runs as a year-round boat method in most areas, though the best bite windows tend to fall around the spring and autumn spawning migrations of madai.

Rig with the AQURABA RIG KUWASE hook system behind a tairaba head and fish it with a steady, even retrieve from bottom to mid-water; the flat profile is designed to keep hooking reliably even when bites are light. Keep the boat's drift speed in mind, since the retrieve needs to stay steady relative to the bottom rather than just steady relative to the rod tip.

A tairaba-specific rod around M power, a 3000-4000 reel, 0.8-1.5 PE main line and a 3-5 fluorocarbon leader suit the standard drop and wind retrieve this trailer is built for. Match line and leader class to the tairaba head weight recommended for the day's depth and current, and check knots regularly through a session of repeated drops.