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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Show me your old soldiers dying to get another chance to make an impact!!!! |
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| You know, Andrew...
I've always thought it was possible to perform "surgery" on the newer (not so new anymore) dawgs and replace the solid wire harness with 7-strand. The top hook really serves no purpose. A lot of guys cut that hook off anyway. I haven't done it, but it doesn't look all that complicated. IMO, the old 7-strand dawgs were superior in terms of action and fishability. No futzing, bending, or adjusting after every dawg ball cast, no bent up "this one's messed up now" after a fish...
Has anybody out there experimented with this? What were your results? Any tips and tricks? Does anybody know why they switched to solid wire to begin with?
Edited by esoxaddict 8/6/2026 6:13 PM
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Location: S.W. WI | I have replaced a few wire harnesses inside on a few irreplaceable warrior Dawgs.
I have not attempted with a 7 strand harness.
I prefer the solid wire the whole way thru, not the hinged Pro Dawg or seven strands. But to each his own... I get a good amount of sideways glide with the stiff wired bodies.
I cut open the belly and removed and replaced with new- melted back together.
Has worked well on a few and not so well on a few older ones. I stole harness from another dawg.
The models from last 10 yrs have more plastic around head and firmer plastisol which is helpful, and also a harness with added wire coils to keep harness from coming out of body and head after alot of use. (This was hard for me to replicate)
Do some surgery..... cut one open and take a look inside and maybe see if you can make your own harness?
Edited by Rudedog 8/10/2026 6:23 AM
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| I have an older rubber lure, hand made by a guy and called a rubber dubber. It has a flexible wire harness and I prefer it's action to other styles. |
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