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Dropshot hooks
what's the secret to making the hook ona dopshot rig point up? anyone
can reply to my e-mail address to explain. |
buckyevans
Sep 6
2005
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| Whatever way you're holding the hook, turn it over the other way. There's
really no secret to it, if it didn't work right one way, try it the other. |
Steve
Sep 6
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| Tie a palomar knot, then take the tag end and run it through the eye of
the hook one more time. It's really pretty simple. There's instructions
and step by step illustrations in the article here... http://www.richz.com/fishing/articles/dropshot.html you have to click each step of the instructions to see the illustration
for that step. |
RichZ
Sep 6
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| This is a problem for many people, one of the main ones is the line size
to the hook eye size, so I solved it, with a hook design that you can
tie any knot to, it also maintains that up right position even in the
fish's mouth. line size does not effect it at all, neither does the type
knot used See http://www.standouthooks.com/ or my site in my signature line
These can also be ordered from Cabala's, Bass pro, or Jann's net craft
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Rodney
Sep 6
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| Well, I have tried Rodney's standup hook and it works pretty good for drop
shotting a bait on an open hook, but my ABA team partner (Hammer) ties a
z-bend worm hook on with a palomar that stands out almost perfectly
straight. He fished it through thick grass and around stick ups with few
snags. |
Bob
Sep 7
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| anyone use the gammy G-Lock hooks yet? |
alwaysfishking
Sep 7
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| Randy, I have used them, and have thrown them all away. The way they are
turned in at the point has caused me nothing but pain with losing fish.
I know some guys use them with no problems, but I get better
performance out of a fine wire owner in the same size. Or a Owner
Mosquito hook for nose hooking. Chris |
Chris
Sep 7
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| All my light tackle nose hook drop shotting is done with basic Gamakatsu
drop shot hooks. Tie a palomar knot, run the tag end back through the
eye, and it stands out just fine. I can work it through moderate weed
growth just fine, too. Can't do that with the standout hook, it is
constantly picking up weed. And all the extra wire too often catches on
fish lip and turns the hook around when you're setting the hook,
resulting in missed fish aplenty. To tell you the truth, his prototypes
looked like they would work a lot better than the production version
does, but in the end, as far as I can tell, he invested a lot of effort
in fixing a problem that doesn't really exist. I've put a nose hooked
plastics on both hooks and run them side by side in a tank, and there's
virtually no difference in the bait action, one way or another. In timber, I will go to slightly heavier gear and T-rig with an offset
hook. #1 Decoy Uppercut used to be my favorite for this, but I just
can't get them anymore. |
RichZ
Sep 7
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