Filipino Anglers Organization

written by KIT on Tue May 08, 2007 1:28 am

you need a busted storm wildeye or similar swimbait. or you could use a 60 degree bend jig hook, some stainless steel wire, a pair of long nosed pliers, some soldering lead (if you want it to sink faster)

tie in the wire and make two haywire twists and make two barrel rolls make these as short as you can, the twists should be tight, the barrel rolls ofcourse are just normal rolls. the idea is to make the protruding wire short and that it wouldnt reach the point of the hook.

bend the short tag end so it forms a hook and make another hook with the long tag end, these hooks will hold your plastic bait in place.

this is done as it is, but if you want a faster sinking lure, twist some soldering lead around the shank.

should look something like this…

push the lead in front to make it sink head first, you can vary the sink rate speed with the size of the soldering wire you use. note that it will plunge towards the bottom head first if you position the weight there.

push the lead back and it would have a more vertical freefall after the cast

this would make the lure slide/glide forward slowly

you can make a corkscrew type holding wire too, I find this to be a bit dificult to make, but it holds the plastic better.

heres one with a fluke on and weightless rigged for topwater action.

enjoy!

fluke, hook, hook keeper, keeper, soft plastic, softplastic, weightless rig