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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 11-12-2010, 08:12 AM   #31
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I do not believe there is such a thing as too sharp of a hook.

I think as fisherman we tend to over analyze everything and forget that a fishing plug is a tool. A fishing plug is designed for a specific purpose to hook a fish, most of us fish for striped bass and when they become very large they have very tough jaws and i want the sharpest hooks possible to penetrate those jaws.

I have taken my biggest fish on plugs that you would cringe at because i missed the through hole and there is a hole in the side of the plug. I drilled the weight hole where the belly hole should be so there is a huge gap. I fished all these plugs as do many other plug builders but we all do one thing and that is try to use the sharpest hooks.

Will a vmc give you hook rash - certainly. I think that is character to the plug not something I am at all worried about.
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Old 11-12-2010, 10:58 AM   #32
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not all plugs.
your just saying that because it's true.

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