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| does shrink tubing the rear hook help with hookups or is it wishfull thinking?Ive seen it said both ways.Bought some shrink wrap to do all my lures but was wondering if it was a help or not.How about adding a second split ring to the front hook so that it hangs lower?thanks |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | It might if you have a nipper - but other than that I can't see it be that much of a factor. So why would you want to do ALL your baits? Seems like a waste of time and shrink wrap to do all of them. I would do it on baits that run slow over weeds as a straight hook would be less opt to catch weeds than one hanging down. Maybe some faster baits as well as I wouldn't know how low they hang when retrieved..
AND it may be a way to loose hooked fish as the hooks can't swing freely and the fish can gain leverage to throw the bait. Just food for thought. |
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Location: Hobart, Indiana | Seems to me like a lot of unnecessary work. Who wants to take the hook off to slide the shrink wrap then the treble hook back on. Seems sorta silly to me. If you have to replace one or two of them then cool but to do your whole tackle box? Fix what needs to be fixed. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Lets keep in mind that the reason this all started was Joe Bucher put them on the TopRaiders as the hook might grab the spinning tail and make it a worthless cast. Its also true with some DC10s as they can get tangled up with the flashaboo and not get that rear end biter, this is why its seems like not such a great idea to do the whole box.. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | a straight rear hook on a bucktail is critical when catching fish boatside ... critical |
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| I do it for the reasons listed above, to keep the back hook from fouling on the bait, and only on a few lures like a pacemaker or a topraider. If you try that on some lures, like a glider for example? It will completely kill the action.
As for hookups? We've seen a lot of fish nipping at bucktails the last few years, but if the bait is moving, that hook is pretty much out straight anyway, and I think most of the double 10's already have the back hook shrink wrapped anyway. If that's your issue, you'd be better off to trim the hair off the back of the bait so the hook is exposed.
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| thanks for the responses.Its seems its more for a free running lure,not hookups.Didnt know that. |
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