Cheburashka Weight

Cheburashka - the perfect solution, a convenient system

A chevrashka is a lead or tungsten weight, usually round, designed to be placed on a single, double or offset hook for the purpose of beating rubber bands. Unlike a head hook, a cheburachka makes it easy to change the weight of the lure. There is no need to rethread the different headhooks, just change the cheburach itself. It can be taken off effortlessly from the hook already threaded through the rubber. In this way, without damaging the rubber, it is possible to change the weights quickly. The attachment system is a retractable bent wire, which runs slightly above the centre of the weight to prevent the lure from turning upside down when fishing. The cheburashka is attached to the hook by inserting the hook loop through the gap in the bent wire and inserting the wire backwards and attaching a clip on the other side. The wire holds the hook loop on one side and the staple on the other.

Fishing for Cheburashka? Which is better?

The most popular are round, but they can also be triangular or oblong. Fishing experience has shown that all other shapes have no tangible advantages over round ones, only that they cost more. Experimentation is of course possible, but for our normal fishing, a different shape of chevurachka will not be a cure for the fish. On the Internet you can buy not only different shapes but also different colours of cheburachas. Colour, like shape, has not proved to be very influential over time. It is more a question of aesthetics for the fisherman himself, and the fish are only affected by colour when fishing with very small micro-baits, and the cheburashka, no less than the rubber, is an object of attack, like the oat in ice fishing. Tungsten cheburachka is mainly used for small lures to make them sink faster and to keep the weight down. The tungsten chub also strikes the bottom more loudly and attracts the attention of predators from further away. Lead sinkers are much cheaper and highly toxic to the environment. We may not have much time to enjoy cheap lead anymore, as European countries are slowly phasing out lead in fishing.