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Thanks man

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I could get the pita part of threading the gulp, what about molding in a snap or clip at the butt end of the jig so the wire could come off, the a rigging needle would work out nicely

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Great idea! i have a mold that has an eyelet on the tail end and could easily attach a snap ring or crimp to connect the wire which may make it easier remove and install the gulp. Basically it would be a swing hook jig with a longer wire end for gulp. The only downfall I can think of that the action of the jig will change. It will swing more like a door hinge than a more natural bend/reflex. I'll make some and post when complete. Thanks for the advice

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Is that a custom made mold.If If you dont mind me asking where did you purchase it from.thanks.

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I've been using Gami Heavy Cover worm hook in 5/0 St#304415 . It has a single spike attatched to the shank. You have to rip off the grubs or baits. Trokar makes a similar hook. Try em :D

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When fishing the sticky stuff for fluke the rig I use is as follows; a 40" piece of #30 leader with a barrel swivel at the top and a surgeons loop at the bottom, 3-5 "s above the surgeons loop I'll tie a dropper loop and 12-14"s above that another dropper loop, to each dropper loop I'll attach a plain jig head with a long hook shank to which I'll place either a 5 or 6 inch GULP. On the surgeons loop I'll placeabank sinker as I'd rather lose a bank sinker than a more expensive bucktail.

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Few more. Glow and swing hook

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Some dead things as my wife calls them

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Mike H, how do you like using the bucktails with the line loop at the front of the jig instead of the top like your typical spro? Does this help prevent snags? Do you catch as many fish using this style jig? Thanks.

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I mostly use the forward eylette jig when there's a fast drift. In my opinion it has a more natural fish like presentation when the drift is fast and Line is scoped since its being pulled from the front. I have only used them part of last year and this year and they seem to catch pretty good so far. As far as snags go I feel like you'll always get snagged more when going over rough stuff with a scoped line. I don't know that they would be better or worse than spros for snags