Actually,

These are best rigged with a screw type hook. I tried the Owner screw tight
(name may be wrong but you get the idea) and was disappointed with the
results. the screw in part has the tag end piece of metal through the middle
of the screw to align the screw in part during rigging. This seemed to
weaken the hold on the bait and the screw was ripping from the bait on
phantom hooksets and missed fish. We are working on our own hook and hope to
have them available by June. I believe the horney toad hooks work well, but
Randy would know better since I can't find them near me.

In the meantime, I have been using a 4/0 widegap hook and pegging the nose
with a toothpick in the eye of the hook (old school). The way this is done,
t-rig the frog but make sure the eye is inside the bait a bit.(the bend of
the hook should be just behind the crotch of the frog and the point will sit
in the slot). Take a ROUND toothpick and push it through the top of the bait
and firmly into the eye of the hook so it stays fast. clip the rest of the
toothpick off and trim anything sticking out the bottom. This has worked
very well as an alternative to screw lock hooks. Being that toothpicks cost
about .050 cents a piece + widegap hook compared to about $1.00 per hook for
screw locking models.

You can use this pegging method for any type of bait that you find slides
down the hook too soon making you rig a new one often.

Hope this helps,

Dave V.
www.gotobaits.com

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"Rodney Long" wrote in message SNIP

I hate to admit this but I have never used a frog.

Could you or Randy post a photo of this with the hook in it, so I can see
how it is rigged over at alt.binaries.pictures.fishing

I would guess this would be very effective fishing the pads ? does it
have other locations it would be effective ?

On the retrieve, would very short little jerks be most effective, or just
a slow retrieve ?

They can be rigged with a screw in type hook or simply rigged Tex-posed
using a 4/0 or 5/0 wide gapped hook.

As far as the retrieve, that totally depends on the mood the fish are in
on that particular day. I've had days where the fish wanted a slow and
steady retrieve. I've had other days when it had to be moving fairly fast
to be bit. Then too, I've caught them on a slow, stop and go retrieve or
twitched.
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