Posted By: Justin Wilcox
Help with hook selection for homemade tailspinner - 04/22/12 02:48 AM
My son loves making homemade lures and weights. He's started making tail spinners but we haven't found an appropriate hook for them.
We tried treble hooks attached with a split ring.
But the split ring allows too much movement and the trebles constantly foul up in the body of the bait. On a plastic crankbait it wouldn't be as big of an issue but the lead cast body is still soft enough that the treble tips will stick in the lead occasionally.
So I think the answer will be a double hook with an unwelded shank, similar to ones that use to come on H&H spinners. But I can't seem to find any good ones at a reasonable price.
I did find these
But at $5.00 for 3 hooks it's not really economical when he's trying to make his own lures.
Oh and the lures are 1/2 oz to 3/4 oz so we were using #4 and 6 trebles. Figure that's about the right size.
We tried treble hooks attached with a split ring.
But the split ring allows too much movement and the trebles constantly foul up in the body of the bait. On a plastic crankbait it wouldn't be as big of an issue but the lead cast body is still soft enough that the treble tips will stick in the lead occasionally.
So I think the answer will be a double hook with an unwelded shank, similar to ones that use to come on H&H spinners. But I can't seem to find any good ones at a reasonable price.
I did find these
But at $5.00 for 3 hooks it's not really economical when he's trying to make his own lures.
Oh and the lures are 1/2 oz to 3/4 oz so we were using #4 and 6 trebles. Figure that's about the right size.