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Location: Planet Meltdown | This might seem like a dumb question but I'd like to know the proper way to "T" treble hooks. I've searched youtube for videos but could not find anything.
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Location: Quebec, Canada | What would be the advantage of ''T'' treble hooks? |
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Location: Canada | http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=54...
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| hook rash eliminated some what. on many baits we build we use mustad double hooks. they also eliminate hook rash. on st clair we have teed hooks for decades |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Every used wiley bait I have bought, the hooks have been bent to a "T" (some are bent to a T and also angled down) as well as some Suicks and I can see why. I ran a brand new Newman Wiley without T'ing the hooks and after a few hours it had a decent amount of hook rash. The Suicks tend to get foul hooked when the hooks are not T'ed. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | All the video links in the previous threads are broken. If anyone has a video they can share that would be great. Thanks |
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Location: E. Tenn | ...anyone have any "How to" links that work?
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| I have t'd my hooks as well on all my wooden tuff shads and wileys, I do not however ever angle them down. I had purchased a few that were already t'd and angled down and I believe I lost two fish because of that angle seems to make fish get off if they go deep under the boat. When you keep pressure on the fish and he shakes and goes down ..I simply t by holding one hook with a large pliers under the barb and with a second pair of large pliers grab that one the same way under the barb. Now like you were trying to bend a metal bar just bend down evenly....also a small amount of epoxy sometimes protect the underside from hook rash. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | I can give you a written description if that will do. The first thing I do is to hold the bait in a vertical position. The two prongs of the treble hook that rest against the body of the bait are the ones you will be "T"ing. the prong that is farthest away from the bait will be left alone. After I have identified the two prongs to be bent I will then take either a vise grip or two sets of pliers (ONE FOR EACH PRONG) and bend them both out simultaneously so that they are both in a horizontal position to the one prong that was left alone and is in a vertical position. Your treble has now been "T"ed. |
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Location: Almost Heaven | Me... I clamp the shank of the hook with a pair of small vice grips. Take a pair of needle nose pliers and grip across where the hook bends are. Go across both the point side and the shank side with the pliers and bend it where you need it. Do the other side the same. You can do this with one hand on the vice grip and one on the needle nose pliers. T'ing cheap hooks is not recommended because most of those will break.. You can tell which bait makers use good hooks for sure. |
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| for multiple reasons i stoped do do this since at least 6 years.now all my cranks belly are more scratched than usual but guess what i lose less fish |
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How to "T" your treble hooks