Finally tried out Rodney's Hook

"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Bob - I didn't recommend the WW hook (I love that name) as a dropshot
hook,
just as a weedless wacky hook.

I know that. I think I said that you reccomended as a wacky hook. I ran
across a refference to using as a drop shot somewhere else. May be a moot
point anyway. The guy at RI not only doesn't want to sell to me he was
downright rude about it using profanity to me on the phone. Got any
alternative suggestions for a good wacky worm hook?

Bob La Londe

A simple bent shank worm hook (hooking the
bait T-style) in a small size is the weedless solution to dropshotting.

Rodney's hook, IMHO, is too much hook for a dropshot finesse presentation,
and does nothing that a regular hook properly tied with a polomar knot
does
(except maybe cost more lol). The beauty & appeal of a dropshot rig is
rooted in its simplicity & lack of "extra" material.

As for missing fish, a standard dropshot rig, when fished & rigged
properly
& presented on the right tackle, should be a 98% success rate rig anyway.

Warren

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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I finally tried out Rodney's standup hook. It seemed to perform ok, but
it
tended to get wrapped up in the line. I have caught three fish on it on
three different outings, and for very short range presentations it
worked
fine. I don't think I have missed any fish with it. I also have tried
the
W.W.Hook that Warren reccomended for my wacky worming as a drop shot
hook.
It worked equally as well with good hook ups on several fish, and I do
not
believe I have missed any fish with it. It also can get wrapped up in
the
line, but it did not seem to do so as often and was not as bad.

To be honest, when I criticized the ability of SW spinner baits to get
tangled up in the line several in this news group criticized my casting
technique and some went as far as to say I had to be screwing up to get
it
it tangled like I described. However, when I can clearly see a
difference
in line tagles with the more complicated hook I have to assume there is
a
correlation.

My partner showed me how he ties a Palomar knot that makes a hook stand
straight out from the line even after fishing with it all day long. If
a
person can master that there is no real need for either of these hooks,
but
I didn't quite get the trick to it.

Personally I think the Standout Hook by Daiichi and the W.W.Hook by
Reaction
Innovations are excellent choices for drop shotting, and they would be
far
superior for most anglers over using any other standard hook for drop
shotting. They both use the weight and the tag of the line to hold the
hook
in what looks like an optimum angle for getting a hook set. The
Standout
Hook may be slightly easier to rig with its hard wire loop to drop the
tag
end of the line through. I had to pick up the mono loop with my finger
nail
to get the tag end through on the W.W.Hook, but it would lay back down
and
grip the tag end of the line slightly.

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