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Making a MYDO Telescopic Couta Trace (with downforce)

MYDO Telescopic Couta Trace Number One

Making a MYDO Telescopic Couta Trace (with downforce)

The MYDO Telescopic Couta Trace can take any bait from a sardine to a bonnie. And everything in between! And its new spoiler design copied from the new Porsche GT3 RS adds in buckets of effective downforce.

More depth, and a lot more action!

Heavy-duty

This will most likely be your biggest bait out the back and therefore, like all other HD traces by MYDO, features double wire droppers. From a super sharp wire single. To the 4 X wire trebles that hold onto anything they touch.

The leader is also #7 wire, although it can (and should) be rigged with 200 to 300lb nylon. The 300 is too strong for a couta too bite through. The 200 id borderline. But your strike rate will increase radically if you string nylon up front.

And you will hold onto a freaking out billfish a great deal better than you would with wire.

Versatile

You can tie one of these traces on and use it all day long. Brings a dead bait back to life. And handles a live bait with no problem. Front hook through the lip and off you go. If the live bait pegs, rehook through both lips, bend the rigour mortis out, and you have a beautiful swimming bait.

For live or dead bait.

Available

We are still looking for cheerful tackle shop owners to stock our innovations. But in the meantime, contact Sean on +27793269671 or umzimkulu@gmail.com. There is also a big old WhatsApp button floating around on this page somewhere. That patches you through on a direct line to the factory. Where we are looking forward to being of assistance.

Links

Check out our other YouTube Channels that might interest you…

https://youtube.com/@thesardinenews
https://youtube.com/@brucifire
https://youtube.com/@waterwoes

And our websites…

https://thesardine.co.za (neva miss a single sardine)
https://thesardine.co.za/mydo (South Africa sales)
https://mydofishinglures.co.za (in USD with worldwide delivery)
https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za (charters and activities KZN South Coast)
https://umzimkulu.co.za (self-catering accomodation on the Umzimkulu Estuary)
https://fishbazaruto.com (extraordinary fishing for marlin)

Couta Gallery

The MYDO couta spread works for most gamefish
The MYDO couta spread works for most gamefish
This fish was also taken on a double dropper trace. You just cannot take chances when trophy fish of a lifetime like tese guys are around. Get a MYDO Haywire tarce to be sure.
This fish was also taken on a double dropper trace. You just cannot take chances when trophy fish of a lifetime like tese guys are around. Get a MYDO Haywire tarce to be sure.
Big Bazaruto Island Couta by Wade Kendall
Big Bazaruto Island Couta by Wade Kendall
a Huge couta by Marc Lange - 35kg's, one of three over 30kg's Marc got this super fishing day
2016: a Huge couta by Marc Lange – 35kg’s, one of three over 30kg’s Marc got this super fishing day
Koos Viviers has had long relationship with big couta on the KZN South Coast
Koos Viviers has had long relationship with big couta on the KZN South Coast
Jannie Griesel with his Mydo caught couta at Sodwana this last weekend.
Jannie Griesel with his Mydo caught couta at Sodwana this last weekend.
Sharene Berry again. She ties her own haywire traces btw! And fishes on the Niteshift regularly.
Sharene Berry again. She ties her own haywire traces btw!
Diogo Martins and his well shot Couta
Diogo Martins and his well shot Couta
The story of the couta season so far is these two fish by Jono Gouws and Justine Campbell off Amanzimtoti.
The story of the couta season so far is these two fish by Jono Gouws and Justine Campbell off Amanzimtoti.
Jonno and his Croc officially the first couta of-the-2021-Season
Jonno and his Croc officially the first couta of-the-2021-Season
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