Tail hook thoughts

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Originally Posted by Tagger

Too many fish gaffed in the side or the eyeball with the dam thing ..

x2+everyone else whom said the same. While I would be upset if I had and have dropped a biggy it wouldn't last long there's more out there...its just a fish. the big fish I have lost have been because of the siwash straightening. However some plugs need it so when I can not use one I dont

[Diggin Jiggin]

I usually go out of my way to avoid having more than 1 belly hook.
Almost every time I've ended up with a hook in me, its been unhooking a fish on a plug with 2 belly trebles.

Most of the tubes in my bag are narrow so a plug with a tail hook and 1 belly hook slide in with the belly hook hanging on the top of the tube. I think I've only got 3 spots forplugs with multiple belly hooks.

I decided to fish bigger plugs this year and most are set up with 2 belly hooks and need them to swim right. I'll probably end up doing 2 belly and a siwash tail. And now I think I need a bigger bag...

[Tagger]

do like a tail hook on a needle and a darter though and a spook .. I guess just metal lip flag .. ..

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

And now I think I need a bigger bag...

I'm just thinking about how easy eel fishing is compared to this plug crap and wondering how long I'll stay with it....

[Mr. Krinkle]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

I'm just thinking about how easy eel fishing is compared to this plug crap and wondering how long I'll stay with it....

With all these plugs your making, i'd say your hooked! Ever since I started building I rarely fish eels, which is probably stupid.

I can honestly say that I have never caught a bass over 10lbs that has been caught on the tail hook that I can remember.

I fish one location that has an extremely fast current. While fishing this location, The rear treble has allowed me to catch a bunch of decent size bass, high teens to 30lbs, that I feel I would have not been able to land if the rear treble hadn't stuck them along the side of the body. I fish lures in this spot with rear trebles just for this reason.

[Ed White]

Front Hook = Bass!
Tail Hook = Blues!
Middle Hook = Me!

[wrikerjr]

I personally fish most of the plugs i build that have two treble's with a flag. Since i build most of the plugs i build it to fish with the tag.

I did three shows this winter and many customers asked me if i could add a siwash to the back of the plug right out of the package. It was not 1 or 2 people it was about 30% of the people i spoke to. Needless to say i added them. Just goes to show you there are many method's.

I like flags unless there is one belly hook then it a siwash but not everyone agrees and we all catch fish.