Perch

The european carp do this through the entire warm season (starts in June here and lasts through September). It is the most serious opponent among "peaceful' fishes you can meet in Russia. They get as big as twenty-something kilogramms and their pulls and runs are ferocious and unpredictable. The biggest carp I had caught (before I fully switched to persuing predators) was 5 kilos and it took me quarter of an hour from hook set to land it. I have two friends who lost their rods to carps. And I do not mean that the rods got broken (these are accounted for by hundreds, I guess) but I mean the rods jet-started from the supports, went into the river and were gone forever before those fellas could stand up from their chairs. Once a carp is more than a foot long it can relax, for there is nothing in the river that could harm it (except for catfish, but these would rather pick on easier prey). The small carp, however, is the meal of choice for pike. So I understand quite well Diemai's choice of pattern. I am looking forward to see one day the trophy he lands with this lure

F..ck! We lost to Spain... I will support Germany in the Finale!