Bob La Londe wrote:
Chris, drop me an e-mail at

bob (at) yumabassman (dot) com

I'll give you TJ's e-mail address and you can tell him what you think. He
is a pretty responsive guy. I think he just does marketing,

He is over marketing, but has a HUGE influence over production, and TJ
is a major nice guy. At least they did lengthen the 1/0 and 2/0 shanks,
for inshore salt water StandOuts, they work great for bass as well, as
you get to drop shot some big lures (you bet drop shotting works on big
lures, a 8 to 10 inch worm is great for catching good bass drop
shotting, just few people know that)

With longer shanks it would make rigging weedless possible, and
productive, and they would get a bit deeper in the mouth for more of a
hook set.

I know with my prototypes (much longer shanks than the production hooks)
I never lost a strike, If I felt the fish, I caught the fish. When I was
using live minnows on my prototypes for crappie, (fishing tight line
straight down) I never lost a minnow without catching the fish, and
"all" of them were top lip hooked.

I did talk them into making Jigs out of the hooks, you will be able to
drop shot crappie and bass jigs next year, I hope even the HUGE bass
jigs, think about drop shotting one of those a couple inches off the
bottom, talk about action on that rubber, it would be awesome.





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Rodney Long,
Inventor of the SpecTastic "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread,
Nutri Shield insect repellent. ,TTI's StandOut Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot
http://www.ezknot.com