that he had tried for the first time this last week while fishing with a friend from Mission Fishn' Tacke in Titusville. He told me how there is a 1/32oz weight built rite onto the shaft of the hook. " It doesn't sound like it would do much, " he told me, " but it really improves casting! ". He didn't know the name of the manufacturer, so I did a web search today and this is what I found. Falcon Lures of Lafayette, LA received a patent for there Bait Jerker Hooks in May, 2006. These hooks are made with either Mustad or Gamakatsu hooks, and come in various sizes from 2/0 - 5/0. They have weights of 1/32oz, 1/16oz, 3/32oz, or 1/4oz on some of the largest hooks. They can be used with any type of soft plastic lure like slug baits, tube baits or worms and are designed to allow the lure to fall nose first to imitate an injured bait. Most fishermen I know have traditionally used a bullet weight or a small split shot weight clipped to the line to give there bait this effect. Both of those tactics work well but the extra hardware can gather vegetation, hang up, or spook fish. This hook can eliminate all of those problems and improve your casting by concentrating the weight on your lure instead of farther up the line. If you would like more details about the Falcon Bait Jerker Hooks go to www.fishingworld.com/FalconLures/ and click on Weighted Hooks.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Falcon Weighted Jerk Bait Hooks
When I spoke to Tom at Doc's Bait & Tackle in Titusville on Friday , he was telling me about a jerk bait hook
that he had tried for the first time this last week while fishing with a friend from Mission Fishn' Tacke in Titusville. He told me how there is a 1/32oz weight built rite onto the shaft of the hook. " It doesn't sound like it would do much, " he told me, " but it really improves casting! ". He didn't know the name of the manufacturer, so I did a web search today and this is what I found. Falcon Lures of Lafayette, LA received a patent for there Bait Jerker Hooks in May, 2006. These hooks are made with either Mustad or Gamakatsu hooks, and come in various sizes from 2/0 - 5/0. They have weights of 1/32oz, 1/16oz, 3/32oz, or 1/4oz on some of the largest hooks. They can be used with any type of soft plastic lure like slug baits, tube baits or worms and are designed to allow the lure to fall nose first to imitate an injured bait. Most fishermen I know have traditionally used a bullet weight or a small split shot weight clipped to the line to give there bait this effect. Both of those tactics work well but the extra hardware can gather vegetation, hang up, or spook fish. This hook can eliminate all of those problems and improve your casting by concentrating the weight on your lure instead of farther up the line. If you would like more details about the Falcon Bait Jerker Hooks go to www.fishingworld.com/FalconLures/ and click on Weighted Hooks.
that he had tried for the first time this last week while fishing with a friend from Mission Fishn' Tacke in Titusville. He told me how there is a 1/32oz weight built rite onto the shaft of the hook. " It doesn't sound like it would do much, " he told me, " but it really improves casting! ". He didn't know the name of the manufacturer, so I did a web search today and this is what I found. Falcon Lures of Lafayette, LA received a patent for there Bait Jerker Hooks in May, 2006. These hooks are made with either Mustad or Gamakatsu hooks, and come in various sizes from 2/0 - 5/0. They have weights of 1/32oz, 1/16oz, 3/32oz, or 1/4oz on some of the largest hooks. They can be used with any type of soft plastic lure like slug baits, tube baits or worms and are designed to allow the lure to fall nose first to imitate an injured bait. Most fishermen I know have traditionally used a bullet weight or a small split shot weight clipped to the line to give there bait this effect. Both of those tactics work well but the extra hardware can gather vegetation, hang up, or spook fish. This hook can eliminate all of those problems and improve your casting by concentrating the weight on your lure instead of farther up the line. If you would like more details about the Falcon Bait Jerker Hooks go to www.fishingworld.com/FalconLures/ and click on Weighted Hooks.