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Old 04-02-2007, 03:55 PM   #1
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They don't need a tail hook.
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Old 04-02-2007, 04:01 PM   #2
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They don't need a tail hook.
That is how I like them. 4/0 VMC on belly and some bucktail on the rear.
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Old 04-02-2007, 04:10 PM   #3
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That is how I like them. 4/0 VMC on belly and some bucktail on the rear.
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Old 04-02-2007, 04:23 PM   #4
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That is how I like them. 4/0 VMC on belly and some bucktail on the rear.
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Bingo!
Jim this is the way to go.

Cut 4/0 4x on the belly swivels and a flag on the tail.

Plug color determines the bucktail color.
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Old 04-02-2007, 04:33 PM   #5
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Guess i need to cut off the tail hook. At least I already have the teaser on it.

Does having a si-wash on the back really make that much of a difference in action on these or is it more of a personal preference thing?
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Old 04-02-2007, 05:07 PM   #6
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3- 4/0 trebles tail treble with some bucktail on it.

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Old 04-02-2007, 09:20 PM   #7
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Guess i need to cut off the tail hook. At least I already have the teaser on it.

Does having a si-wash on the back really make that much of a difference in action on these or is it more of a personal preference thing?
Mike what you do with the tail is more of a personal preference thing. I have several rigged each way but may trim or swap em' at some point. Most strikes occur at the head or mid body as most of my plugs tell me by the nice arches worn into the paint around the belly hooks so why have a tail hook that can hang up and cost me a decent fish or complicate unhooking it.
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Old 04-03-2007, 05:53 AM   #8
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Hooks are good.If I could put more hooks on em I would.I gaffed a personal best for Digger he caught on one of my big danny's.The only hook holding it was the tail hook.Sure the front hook gets most of the play.I have landed fish that I know the front hook let go an the plug was held on by the tail hook.Only to have the front hooks get rehooked somewhere else on the fish..Only time I like a flag is with a plug that might struggle when I want to creep it on top.The cowboys will struggle but thats not really what they are intended for.

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