02-01-2011, 12:20 PM
[quote GottaBite]The nice part about those lures of your's TD is that it all counts as one lure...you can still have another something above those rigs...just not real sure about the one with a hook on the weight and then a jig, but it should count as one being connected by a wire. Nice rigs, kinda like what I've "concockted". That wire you use is braided right? For flexability.[/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]The wire is single strand stainless. It does not twist or kink like mono or chain. And even the thinnest stuff I use is like 35# breaking strength. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Gotta be careful on how you interpret the legalities. A "standard" holy jig setup...flasher, wire and jig...counts as one lure and one hook. But, on the ones with the hooks added to the flashers...or rigged on another jig...those count as two hooks. I have not been challenged on it yet but I am sure that the wire would be considered a "leader" and not part of the same lure.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I generally fish hookless flashers but sometimes I keep getting hard hits that don't connect with the fish. If I suspect that they are smacking the flasher I will add a hook to it...with or without bait...and sometimes catch bigger and more aggressive fish on the flasher.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As Pikeman points out, one of the best features of those little lead flashers is that they plummet quickly to the bottom in deeper water. He calls them torpedos. I call them plungers. But that sounds like a "plumber's helper". Either way, they keep you fishing in the right zone for a higher percentage of available fishing time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One other thing...about the flattened lead flashers...is that they can be easily bent into a slight curve shape. That makes them flutter on the drop and zip erratically when jigged...extra action for those times when you gotta wake up the fishies.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]The wire is single strand stainless. It does not twist or kink like mono or chain. And even the thinnest stuff I use is like 35# breaking strength. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Gotta be careful on how you interpret the legalities. A "standard" holy jig setup...flasher, wire and jig...counts as one lure and one hook. But, on the ones with the hooks added to the flashers...or rigged on another jig...those count as two hooks. I have not been challenged on it yet but I am sure that the wire would be considered a "leader" and not part of the same lure.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I generally fish hookless flashers but sometimes I keep getting hard hits that don't connect with the fish. If I suspect that they are smacking the flasher I will add a hook to it...with or without bait...and sometimes catch bigger and more aggressive fish on the flasher.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As Pikeman points out, one of the best features of those little lead flashers is that they plummet quickly to the bottom in deeper water. He calls them torpedos. I call them plungers. But that sounds like a "plumber's helper". Either way, they keep you fishing in the right zone for a higher percentage of available fishing time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One other thing...about the flattened lead flashers...is that they can be easily bent into a slight curve shape. That makes them flutter on the drop and zip erratically when jigged...extra action for those times when you gotta wake up the fishies.[/#0000ff]
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