Atom 40/Blue Streak

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Originally Posted by numbskull

Just for the record, I've made ten's of thousands of casts with plastic A40's and don't recall hook tangling to ever be an issue. That might be different, I suppose, if you use split rings.

I'll second that motion as well. Bluestreaks were heavier too.

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3/0's are the biggest hook you should use on a 40. To my way of thinking and through the hundreds of different styles of plugs I have fished some times people over tax the plugs action by putting a set of hooks that are too big.

For instance take a Beachmaster medium Danny. The biggest hook that plug should wear is a 2/0 with a 5/0 siwash tail hook to get the maximum action. I know a lot of guys who use 3/0's. Yeah they might drop a few w/ 2/0's but the 3's just kill that plug's action and they tangle up.

On a 3-1/2 oz Polaris I make an exception for canal casting. I replace the front hook with a 4/0 and put a split ring with a 3/0 dressed in hackles and crystal flash.

Also, I don't mean to hijack the thread but, I build a plug I always lay out the spacing with the hook size and number of I intend to use so that hook entanglement is not an issue before any drilling happens.