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| Does anybody know where to find large or small quantities of spinnerbait hook stops? You know, the plastic or rubber tube that keeps the trailer hook from sliding over the main hook's barb. I am only interested in heavy duty HARD PLASTIC (not rubber) hook stops. Anys suggestions would be handy.
Thanks,
Steve |
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| I just cut circles out of milk jugs and they work fine. Thicker plastics you can find at Home Depot, Menards or Lowes |
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Location: Madison Wi. Chain | What I have done is get a hard rubber ring from a hard ware store. Cut a small piece of the ring and force it over the barb of the hook. The rubber will hold the hook and not slide. BG |
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Location: God's Country......USA..... Western Wisconsin | Coffee can lids work great, cut out small circles and put one on the spinnerbait hook on top and on the bottom of your trailer hook eye. Keeps the hook from sliding up or down. Make sure that the shank on your trailer hook is not so long as to let the hook point swing aroung and come into contact with the spinnerbait blades. It will knock the paint off painted blades and fold the hook point over on your trailer hook. Very expensive lesson that I learned in the PMTT on Cass lake a couple years back. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | i use some small zip ties...i put them on the main hook...snug up as tight as i can and cut off the excess ...work great and inexpensive.... |
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Location: Minneapolis | I use silicone rubber tubing. Tubing used for model airplane fuel lines works very well. Two feet of tubing costs about $1 and gives you a lifetime supply. Cut about 1/8" off and you're good to go. This solution may not appeal to you, because it's rubber, but it has worked well for me. |
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| Surgical rubber tubing cut into 1/2" pieces. Just squish them and run the hook through both sides of the flattened tubing. Never had one come off. Watch out that you don't let them dry out before you change them, that's the only concern.
Beav |
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| Try a hobby shop that sells gas line tubing for model airplanes. They should have a vinyl tubing that is harder material and lasts #*^@ near forever.
Mike Ruff |
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Spinnerbait hook stops (hook keepers)