How To Use The Flea Flicker Suspending Twitch Lure
- By: Pat Ogletree
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- Found In: *Tackle & Gear, Mini Course
The Flea Flicker has proven to be a great lure for targeting redfish, seatrout, snook, and other inshore species when they are not very active.
This is a finesse lure that does an excellent job mimicking a small baitfish that’s very weak, so they’ll naturally be triggered to strike it even if they aren’t hungry.
Just like with all lures, it’s important to learn how to use them to get the best results. So this page was made to show helpful tips on how to use this lure.
Here’s a list of tips you’ll see on this page about the Flea Flicker:
- How to retrieve
- How to rig
- Best rod/reel/line
- Fun On-The-Water Action
How To Retrieve
This video shows some good retrieve options that you’ll have with this lure.
How To Rig
The flea flickers comes ready to go with good hooks that weight just the right amount to allow this lure to have great action in the water.
So we recommend sticking with the lure exactly how it comes in the box (just of course take off the hook point protection bands).
Since this lure excels on a slow retrieve, it’s important to go with as light of a leader line as you can for whichever species you’re likely to encounter on the water (most often 15 to 25 lb mono).
Important: Make sure to use a loop knot for this lure so it has as much freedom of motion as possible. Here’s our favorite loop knot which is simply called the Non-Slip Loop Knot.
Best Rod, Reel, & Line
The flea flicker is on the light spectrum of saltwater lures given that it weighs in at just 1/4 oz, so it’s important to use a rod that is rated for lures that light.
Rod: In general, a medium power fast action rod will allow for the best results. But different brands have different power scales, so it’s important to check the specs of your rod to make sure it includes 1/4 oz in its range.
Reel: Lures like this perform best when used with a lightweight reel that allows for effortless casting so that you can continue covering water throughout your trip.
Line: Finesse lures often need thin line to get the best results, so we recommend you use the thinnest line that you’re comfortable with. We typically use a 10 lb (or less) braid mainline with a 20 lb (or less) leader.
First Trial Video
In case you’d like to see how this lure performs on the water, here’s a video from the very first time I used this lure.
As you’ll see, I had a blast testing it out because it quickly (on the first cast) proved to be excellent at generating strikes.
Equipment Used:
- Rod: Prototype
- Reel: Otis 2500
- Mainline: Prototype
- Leader: Ande Monofilament 10lb with a 20lb bite-tippet
- Lure: Flea Flicker
- Vessel: 22ft Pathfinder
Conclusion
It’s important to have a suspending twitch lure that you trust on hand for days when the bite is slow because these types of lures can trigger strikes from fish aren’t hungry.
The reason these lures do good on lethargic fish is because they have a slow retrieve that triggers a predator fish’s natural instinct to take advantage of an easy meal.
This Flea Flicker lure has risen to the top of my list for suspending twitch lures, so I hope you decide to put it to the test yourself.
If you somehow don’t find that it works as good as you hoped, just let us know and we’ll refund what you paid for the lure.
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I got my Slam Shady Flea flicker last week and took it out to Merritt Island area this past Sunday. Found some mullet breaking water and tossed past them, twitch retrieved it back and it was game on!! The next 2 hours was spent catching fish…Mostly trout (14), but also a couple snook, a few ladyfish and finally a puffer!! Man, this lure produced!!
Bought a few more to have on hand. Going to try 2 of the black as well.
It’s a nice light weight lure that casts fantastic! Long casts, small splash, great design on this lure.
Thank you for the video. Didn’t try the trolling method, but will next time!
Great video and tips, as always, Pat. Thank you! For these lures, when would you recommend each color? I have an idea of when I use dark vs light colors but these lures are very colorful. LOL!
Thanks for watching Brent. The Slam Shady is a good all around choice for just about any water color. The chrome will be good in low light conditions, the gold and the purple will work well in tannic waters.
Make sure and experiment with different colors, sometimes conventional wisdom can be wrong!
Thanks Pat. I figured it was along the same lines as what I use for these conditions with soft plastics but these guys have lots of different colors in the bodies so I thought I would ask. I ordered the slam shady (always one of my favorites) and the green/gold as that was all that was in stock (except one other color that I don’t recall). Thanks again!! –Brent
How deep of water can you fish the flea flicker in? 15 feet?
No, this would be for water to about 4 foot max. Most of the time I’m using it in three foot or less.
thanks Pat As always a wealth of info
Thanks, Pat.
I fish NE FL where the typical visibility is 1-3 feet, do you think that would be a detriment with this lure?
No, not at all. 1-3 foot is actually good, probably about average for most places. With the rattle, flash and vibration the lure puts off, the fish can find it.
Thanks!
Excellent video Pat. The last retrieve in current is something I wouldn’t have thought of on my own!
Thanks Donald! That last one is killer in the tidal creeks on trout.
Awesome! Great info and videos
Thanks Nick!
Great info Pat!
Appreciate it Amos!
gootip Pat. nothing i didnt know but a great reminder. keep up the good work.
Appreciate it Terry! The people that have been using twitch baits for years know how good they are!
So when are you guys going to make something like a rapala xrap that casts fantastic like the skinny lipper? Need a fat lipper for those drop offs:)
Good call!! We’re always coming up with new stuff, so you never know.
We do have a lure called a Fat Lipper coming out soon, that’s the wake bait.