ING Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Almost all best spinners (Mepp’s, Blue Fox etc.) have dangling treble hooks. Is it has some reason or hook could be forced to horizontal position by tubing like lure extending? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Yes you could use heat shrink tubing. You can bridge the tubing over the shank of the treble hook and over the loop and onto the lure body shank. Then heat in horizontal position and wait for tubing to cool and harden. The thing I don't know is if this will affect the way the inline spinnerbait runs in the water. It may roll and not look natural. Try it and let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braided Line Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Apparently you have some sort of problem with the "dangling hook(s)" so why not try an in-lin-spinner. Like the Snagless Sally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ING Posted September 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) Yes you could use heat shrink tubing. You can bridge the tubing over the shank of the treble hook and over the loop and onto the lure body shank. Then heat in horizontal position and wait for tubing to cool and harden. The thing I don't know is if this will affect the way the inline spinnerbait runs in the water. It may roll and not look natural. Try it and let us know. Thank you for reply! Yes, what I am doing now! Question is: Why Mapps or Blue Fox with there huge experience don't do it? May be for some reason? I am not thinking because of economy. They are using silver plated blades etc... for best performance. I am not fishing so much for accumulate enough statistics... Edited September 24, 2012 by ING 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Question is: Why Mapps or Blue Fox with there huge experience don't do it? May be for some reason? Just my guess is that it would make the inline spinner too stiff looking or maybe like mentioned if the hook is not inline perfectly it would throw off the vibration????? Finally just another wild guess, maybe with the hook dangling, when the fish hits the bait, it would have an easir chance of getting hooked with a flopping hook. These are all just brainstorming guesses. I really don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Ted hit the nail on the head. It is there to keep the fish from gaining leverage to throw the hook. That is the same reason the hard bait guys use hooks that rub the finish on there wood lures. The same reason you have seen the jig heads that have a loose hook lately. I keep my spinners with a loose hook it still travels flat as far as i can see in the water. But i also use hackle on all most all my trebles. Looks like a tail and helps with the snags allot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Glenn Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 My guess.... If in doubt follow the dollar. Small lures have less room for extras like shrink wrapping in the cost of lures. In the larger musky size in line "bucktails" a lot of them heat shrink the large trebble hook, and man, it helps in keeping fish on the hook and in hooking percentage. No noticeable difference in the running of the lure and the hook stays hid in the skirt material. Musky Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
