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X POINT
According to lab results, X POINT fish hooks are SEVEN TIMES sharper than the next best! That's right, the next best hook took 350 grams of pressure to penetrate what the X POINT did at 50 grams!
X POINT hooks have become the hooks of choice of leading Captains, fishing
the Flats with Twitch-baits. (Example Shown below).
The #43 is a new size of the HitchHiker coil device. The popularity of the
original size (#44) being used in Banjo® style rigs, has driven us to make
a larger size. As with the original, the HitchHiker can be used for attaching
trailers to Jigs and Spoons. HitchHikers are packed 6 per bag and retail for
less than $2.00.
Banjo® is a registered trademark of TriStar Products.
Sometimes you want to add a little noise to a twitch-bait, but how? Here is
a simple trick. Run your line through a Carolina® Floater, with the Concave
end pointing toward the reel. Then tie on a light wire hook like the Xpoint
#X15 to make the rig float better. The cup shaped end of the floater will make
a popping sound when twitched! You'll note on the illustration, the bait rests
like it is eating mosquito larvae.
Many times when fishing live bait, the Shiner, Pinfish, etc will slide up the
hook past the eye up the line. Here's a trick that adds color and prevents this
dilemma. Simply slide a small (1/4") piece of soft plastic grub through the
hook point and up the shank. This will prevent the bait from sliding up the
eye of the hook and add color to the biat. (I prefer dark red to make the bait
appear to be injured.) The buoyant plastic adds action and lifts the bait off
the bottom. See illustration below. Always use a quality hook like a Daiichi.
High carbon hooks allow you to use a finer wire which penetrates faster and
is easier for live bait to swim with.
Here is a handy rigging tip. On a regular Jighead that you may, say cast for
Trout simply add a HITCHHIKER to the eye on your jighead. Then "screw" your
favorite plastic grub onto the coil and bury the hook into the grub. Now your
jig is weedless.
See illustration below.
©1998 TruTurn Hooks. These rigging tips compliments and with the permission
of TruTurn® Hooks.