Where do you find kink shank hooks and if you can't find them what other kind of hooks can you use...Innterested in making some for panfish
Where do you find kink shank hooks and if you can't find them what other kind of hooks can you use...Innterested in making some for panfish
Raiderhunter....Always In Search Of Water and Fish....
Raiderhunter,
Mustad makes a kink shank hook especially for poppers. The #33903, they come in sizes from 2 down to size 12 (around $8/100 or there abouts). I've seen some from another brand, but I don't remember which one, maybe Daiichi.
I also use plain old aberdeen hooks in a lot of the smaller ones. I've learned to bend a bit of a kink in them so they won't twist, but I'm anal about that. Any hook will work just fine. All that's required is that the there is enough bouyancy in the head to float the hook and dressing and the hook shank is long enough for the body with space left to tie on the tail dressing.
Bending a kink in the hooks is probably not needed if you thread wrap the shanks and then glue them in with epoxy.
Buddy
It Just Doesn't Matter....
I looked on Angler's Workshop, Hook & Hackle, and JS Stockard for Mustad kink shank popper hooks either #33903 or CK52S and the smallest they had was 8 or 10. Does anyone know where else I should look?
Raiderhunter....Always In Search Of Water and Fish....
www.captainhookswarehouse.com is where I get mine from.
http://www.captainhookswarehouse.com...okid=36&view=1
$5.40 - $5.90 PER 100
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