SANTEC - SABIKI 888 AURORA THREAD 4363 UV EFFECT APOLLO SW

Santec Sabiki 888 Aurora Thread 4363 UV Effect Apollo SW (6 Hooks Per Set)

The Sabiki Apollo lure set is crafted with special glitter aurora thread, and comes together with a green UV effect which increases visibility in low-light conditions and for night fishing. The 4363 is the plain-dressed string of the range: six droppers of glitter aurora thread on sharpened hooks, no bead, no skin, no feather — and, unlike the rest of the Apollo line, no luminous element at all.

That absence is worth understanding before buying. Glow materials must be charged under a torch and then fade over the following half hour; this string has nothing to charge and nothing to run out. What it will not do is make its own light in true darkness — both of its effects need light already present. Glitter aurora thread works on visible light: iridescent filaments twist as the rig moves and throw short, hard flashes. The green UV effect works on the invisible band, reflecting ultraviolet already in the water; because UV travels further down the column than red or orange, the dressing still reads bright at depth, on grey days and in green coastal water where a plain silver rig has gone dull.

Read it as a daytime and deep-water string, for anglers working under a bright sun rather than off a lit jetty at midnight.

Key Features

• Glitter aurora thread dressing on every dropper
• Green UV effect for depth, overcast light and coloured water
• No luminous element — nothing to charge, nothing to fade
• Sharpened hook points for soft-mouthed baitfish
• Six dressed hooks per set, ready tied
• Seven hook sizes, #4 through #16 — the largest hooks in the Apollo range

How To Fish It

• Keep it turning — Aurora thread flashes only while it rotates. Short, brisk 15–25 cm lifts keep the filaments spinning; a long slow sweep pulls them straight and kills it.
• Use it in the sun — It is strongest in bright daylight and clear-to-green water, where a glow string has little to offer.
• Pick the hook to the bait — #4 and #6 handle herring, garfish and hand-sized scad; #14 and #16 are for small sardine and juvenile scad.
• Cage and cloud — Hang a cage of mashed shrimp or krill below to hold the string vertical, drop to the school, shake once, then work the droppers through the cloud.
• Wind, never strike — A loaded string reads as light continuous tremors. Keep winding, swing it in, and unhook from the bottom dropper up.

Target Species By Region

• Southeast Asia — Indian mackerel (kembung), selar and small queenfish in daylight off deep jetties and kelong; larger hooks for bait destined for grouper and trevally.
• North America — Pacific mackerel, jacksmelt and sardine from West Coast piers; Atlantic mackerel and herring off eastern breakwalls.
• Japan & East Asia — Daytime sabiki-zuri from breakwaters for aji and saba, particularly autumn fish that have outgrown a fine string.
• Australia, Middle East & Europe — Slimy mackerel, yellowtail scad and garfish off wharves; scad along Gulf harbour walls; mackerel and herring from European piers.

Specifications

Model 4363 Apollo SW, 6 pcs/set. Dressing: glitter aurora thread, green UV effect. Larger number, smaller hook — #4 is the largest.

Recommended Pairing

• 6–9 ft spinning or sabiki rod, soft tipped with backbone for a full string
• 2500–3000 spinning reel, 10–15 lb monofilament or PE 1.0–1.5 braid
• Bait cage or sinker matched to depth and tide
• Aerated bucket if the catch is going out as live bait