Rigging Notes

For the best action, rig your SIVA using either a simple loop knot or a quality lure clip. Both allow the lure the freedom of movement it was designed to have.

Leader choice is equally important. While SIVA will still catch fish on heavier leader, lighter leader material allows the lure to sink more naturally and produce its signature horizontal flutter on the drop.

As with most fishing, use the lightest leader you can confidently get away with for the conditions.

Before Your First Cast

The SIVA is a slow sinking stickbait.

Unlike many hardbaits, it sinks almost perfectly horizontal while producing a subtle side-to-side flutter as it falls. This natural descent is a huge part of what makes the lure effective.

Before making your first cast, we recommend dropping the lure into the water beside you where you can watch it sink.

Take a few moments to become familiar with its sink rate and how it behaves underwater. It may sink differently to many lures you've previously used, and understanding this will help you fish it far more effectively.

Important

Because of the lure's natural sink and lifelike appearance, many strikes occur while the lure is in free fall.

Always maintain contact with the lure as it sinks and be ready to strike at any time.

Retrieve Styles

1. Cast & Retrieve

Sometimes simple is best.

Cast the lure, allow it to sink to your desired depth, then retrieve at a steady pace.

The SIVA produces a wide, natural body wag that creates controlled flash while the internal rattle adds another level of attraction.

Unlike many hardbaits, high retrieve speeds often aren't necessary. The SIVA was designed to look convincing, not simply attract attention.

Ideal for:

• • Kahawai / Australian Salmon
• • Tailor
• • Mackerel species
• • School Kingfish
• • Queenfish
• • Trevally

Cast & Burn

While the SIVA was primarily designed around a natural presentation, don't be afraid to wind it fast when the situation calls for it.

The body remains stable at higher retrieve speeds, making a "cast and burn" retrieve an excellent option when schooling fish become highly competitive.

Think of it as another tool in the toolbox rather than the default way to fish the lure.

2. Lift & Drop

One of the most effective ways to fish the SIVA.

Cast the lure, allow it to sink, then use a smooth upward lift of the rod to make the lure swim naturally up through the water column.

As you lower the rod, allow the lure to sink on a semi-slack line, giving it time to flutter back toward the bottom.

Very often this is when predators strike.

This retrieve keeps the lure in the strike zone for longer and is ideal around rocky coastlines, reefs, harbours and estuaries where fish are actively hunting baitfish.

Ideal species include:

• • Snapper
• • Flathead
• • Trevally
• • Estuary predators

3. Cast & Twitch

One of the SIVA's biggest strengths is its subtle, natural flash.

Instead of an overly reflective finish, the flash appears beneath the scale pattern, much like a real baitfish.

Cast the lure, allow it to sink to your desired depth, then combine short downward or sideways rod twitches with a slow retrieve.

The lure will dart unpredictably from side to side before returning to its natural swimming action, closely imitating a wounded or disoriented baitfish.

This retrieve is incredibly effective whenever predators are following but need that final trigger to commit.