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05-06-2009, 10:09 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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On Some plugs with 2 belly hooks when you use a split ring it lets the hook hang a little lower and they can foul with each other, BM Dannies and Cowboys come to mind on for that
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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05-06-2009, 10:16 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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VMC trebles with a ring are shorter than cut Mustads  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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05-06-2009, 10:19 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
VMC trebles with a ring are shorter than cut Mustads |
And cut VMC's are shorter than VMC's w/a ring... |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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05-06-2009, 12:36 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
And cut VMC's are shorter than VMC's w/a ring... |
As well as weaker |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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05-06-2009, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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cut vmc4x strong
cut vmc 4x strong #3 and #4. Will not come undone unless the extreme circumstances arise, and I mean extreme. No split ring necessary on certain plugs, in fact the plug builders specify no split rings. Other very good plug builders use the split rings on almost everything they make. Unless your experimenting by making your own plugs go with the plugbuilers recommendation. If the lure does not catch, switch it, but in the end there is a good argument for both ways. Some lures I have added split rings and the hooks look like dangling mess! So then I use smaller hooks or a cut vmc4x strong with absolutly no worries.
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05-06-2009, 10:19 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
On Some plugs with 2 belly hooks when you use a split ring it lets the hook hang a little lower and they can foul with each other, BM Dannies and Cowboys come to mind on for that
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IMO that is a poor design. Hooks should never tangle with each other. |
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05-06-2009, 07:26 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
IMO that is a poor design. Hooks should never tangle with each other.
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Bingo Sandman! My sentiments exactly! I think cut or open eye hooks are a huge mistake but hey.....to each his own!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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05-06-2009, 08:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Pembroke,MA
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Some plugs plain swim better with cut hooks. Split rings can add a extra swing path to the hooks and change the action of a plug.
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