Got a heads up last night that someone posted a thread on Ifish asking about Delta Flashers VS. Shortbus Flashers. Ifish Thread some of the questions asked were regarding the wire running down the back vs. the eyes on the end. I do want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who replied to the thread with positive remarks, it makes the plastic bending that much more rewarding!
To answer some questions on both - the wire is a pivot point for the Delta version, the flasher travels around the shaft and you clip your swivels to either end of the flasher making the connection. Shortbus Flashers (and others for that matter) have eyes in opposing ends and again using the swivels to connect mainline.
Some people have mentioned that if the fish breaks the flasher, the wire will keep the fish on even if the plastic is broke. When I have had the opportunity to talk to the users on the broken flasher, it has always came back to equipment failure meaning the swivel unclips or breaks in half. Not a plastic issue, I actually made a video to show just how much force is needed to break a Shortbus Flasher -
Lets just say I have no idea how a fish can get that much torque on the flasher. Unless there is a flaw in the blade or possibly a very old flasher that has turned brittle but as we all know, stuff happens.
So, good and bad of the wire? Good is that is spins very freely, bad is that it has a wire that can fray and cut lines or on the new ones, the crimp point of the solid wire has a small tag end that can bind the mono line and slice it off in a heartbeat. If you use a good quality stainless steel ball bearing swivel, you will get as good of a spin on your Shortbus Flasher as you do the wire ones.
So why do you pick one over the other? Local business and the option to have ANY color combination in the Shortbus Line!
