"avid" wrote in message
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Glad to hear that the line breakage had nothing to do with the glue. I
do find that it comes in handy at times. I only missed a couple of
fish with the h-toad glued, so I can't say that it is a pattern, but
even though it felt solid, the bait did not budge and the hook was
barely exposed. I use a texpose with the point lightly "tucked" back
into the body. I mentioned it because I usually have an excellent
hookup ratio with this bait. I use a St.Croix avid 6'6" heavy casting
rod spooled with 50lb power pro, I use an owner 5/0 zbend hook. This
combination has proven very effective, even on long casts. I'm sure
I'll get the hookups corrected, I'm just really glad to hear the glue
doesn't weakn the line.
Thanks for the feedback.

I recently started using offset worm hooks for a lot of thinck body baits.
The bait doesn't seem to last as long, but I have been hooking up better
with it. A wide gap offset hook would probably be better, but most wide
gaps are not offset.
--
Bob La Londe

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