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Originally Posted by Mike P
Personal preference, and contrary to what common sense should tell me, I find that I actually hang up MORE with a swinging hook 
There's a certain stretch of bottom along the Canal where I hardly ever hang up with a fixed-hook jig, but I can guarantee a starfish every cast if I don't work a Crippled Herring aggressively. I don't lose the tin, but bass don't seem to show an interest in a Crip with a starfish dangling off the back hook, for some odd reason 
My theory on this is that a Canal-style ball jig falls head-heavy and the upwards riding hook is usually clear of the bottom, whereas a swinging hook will eventaully ride under the jig/tin and snag on something.
I don't worry too much about leverage and "accidental fulcrums" as one writer calls them  |
You hit the nail on the head. The swinging hook is going to hang every time. The same goes for the swinging eel skin jigs. Especially the old chain type. Mike are you still using the eel skin jigs?
