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Message started by mastertangler on Feb 9th, 2015 at 11:55pm

Title: Re: Rollie and Helens muskie catalog
Post by mastertangler on Feb 10th, 2015 at 9:55pm

Kerry wrote on Feb 10th, 2015 at 8:15pm:
MT, I meant to ask you about those double hooks.  They seem to be very large and only applicable for Musky lures.  Is that true or do they come in smaller sizes that could be used for jerk baits in the 4" inch range?


Greeting from sunny south Florida Mr Kerry......going to get chilly tonight with lows in the upper 30's.........Brrrrrr!! But should be up into the 60's by noon or so.

Where were we? Oh yes, the double hooks.........the whole point with the double hooks is to replace the menacing mean 8/0 trebles, which are a disaster waiting to happen (regardless the precautions taken) with something a wee bit more friendly.

I'm sold on running the big lures, especially later in the year. I have very little interest in catching 18" walleyes, thats not why I go north. Fish snob? Not really, I just like the challenge of bigger fish. So out comes the big stuff and consequently the nasty trebles that go along with them........enter in the frog/toad hooks which seem to fit the bill for a replacement hook in a most admirable way. Safety is my chief concern and after having almost been impaled twice this past summer  with lures that were 8" long and sported 3 sets of 8/0 treble hooks I knew I needed to make a serious change. It was not like I was ill-equipped either........boga grip, lindy glove and shimano 8" needle nose pliers all came into play and yet I was still almost nailed. Unacceptable, period.

So........I don't see using the frog hooks on smaller stuff quite honestly, what is the point other than to have a weedless type presentation? But to answer your question both Owner and Gamakatsu have the frog hooks in 3/0, 4/0 and 5/0. 

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