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What the Finesse
+ Owner Hooks Roundup
Owner's line of ST36 and ST41 replacement treble
hooks are the default standard amongst consumers who are want the best
combination of durability, strength, and sharpness in their treble hooks. But as
you might expect from any company specializing in hooks and other terminal
tackle, there's more to Owner's offering than just their quality trebles. |
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The
Tackle Doctor: Adding an Insert to Tungsten Weights
Pro Angler Aaron
Martens believes that more fish are lost on Tungsten because of the hardness of
the material than were ever lost on lead based weights. Even the weights that
claim to be insert free and fray free will cause break offs, but there is a
simple solution no matter which Tungsten weights you choose to use.
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Professional Angler Aaron
Martens Demos How to Add a Bait
Holder to Any Hook
This simple process
only takes minutes to learn and allows anglers to add this feature to hooks that
may not be available with a bait holder, like one of his favorite hooks, a 3/0
worm bend hook from Gamakatsu. |
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Not Just Practical, but Tactical Fishing Clips
Tying, retying, and retying yet
again, the array of knots and connections a fisherman needs to know can be
dizzying. For any angler throwing artificial lures, the task of connecting your
line to your bait of choice can grow tiresome during a long morning of finding
the bite. |
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Losing Bait Prematurely? Button them Up with Bait Buttons!
Last Spring, we
came across a product targeted at these and other fisheries where the matter of
keeping your delicate or live bait presentations on your hook are an issue. What
we've come to find out is you can also use this product in bass fishing to keep
some of your precious plastic baits from falling off prematurely. Introducing
Bait Buttons... |
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Flash and Dash for Paddletails : Owner's Flashy Swimmer
Bladed jigheads have been part of the fishing landscape for a very long time. With the popularity of paddeltail swimbaits in the market today, anglers have been searching for method to combine these two items without having to chop the head off of their paddletail
baits or fish a lure with four eyeballs. |
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Keep
fish pinned with rotating SpinTech treble hooks from Basstar
Basstar
introduces a new take on treble hooks with the rotating SpinTech hooks which are
designed to eliminate the problem of hooks locking up and allowing fish to shake
free in the heat of the battle. Making use of a clever new design these two
piece hooks give anglers the ability to add freely rotating treble points to
just about any hard bait. |
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Consistency & Variety in a Jighead : Fin-Tech's Title SHot
There may not be one dominant technique but it’s
obvious from our perspective that one application continues to shake things up
beneath the big bait talk. That’s right, the “yin” to the West Coast’s big bait
“yang” is the finesse oriented technique shakey head. |
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Ultra finesse fishing with
Gamakatsu’s Skip Gap Shaky Head
Hook giant Gamakatsu
continues to branch out
with the release of
their Skip Gap Shaky
Heads. These jigheads
make use of the
company’s skip gap hook
design to help keep
thinner diameter finesse
worms threaded on when
shaking up fish. |
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Uncle Josh and Bass Stalker Prove That Looks Can Be Deceiving: Introducing the Spot Stalker Jighead
As the phenomenon known as shakey head fishing continues to grow, we've been receiving
emails to review the many different jighead
options that support
this craze. Introducing the
Bass Stalker Spot Stalker jighead. |
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Reaction Innovations Delivers a Method to ScrewUp and Still Keep It On
Leave it to a company like Reaction Innovations to come up with one of the most
simple yet at the same time somewhat bizarre answers to a problem that plagues
many a plastic bait fisherman. What's that you say? Premature wear of their
plastic bait tips or heads. |
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Get Jiggy with it! How to choose the right jighead
Jigheads come in a wide variety of shapes and styles, and
are among the most versatile tool in your fishing arsenal, but choosing which jighead
to use for a particular application can be a tough task. |
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Twist and Shout : The Reaction Innovations Screwed Up Jighead
Jighead or shakey head fishing has really become a popular
technique of
late for fishing
finesse style
plastics. While
many attribute
this technique
as originating
in the south,
tackle companies
all around have
capitalized on
the popularity
of this
technique. |
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Environmentally
friendly and
novel too, the
new River2Sea
Tungsten Tumbler
sinkers
As environmental
concerns grow
and the
awareness
regarding the
toxicity of lead
increases, more
and more anglers
are turning
towards Tungsten
as their
material of
choice for
weighted
applications. |
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The not so "Select" Big Daddy's Jigs
Jigheads are some of the most versatile types of tackle available to anglers, yet are
surprisingly often widely overlooked. The reason jigheads don't receive the well
deserved attention is simply because they are just one part of the lure, not a
finished and easily identifiable bait in itself. We take a look at
Big Daddy's Select Football Jigheads to see just how "select" these
jigs really
are. |
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Settling the
scores with Revenge Bait's lifelike "Dart Hedz"
Revenge Baits produces some of the most realistic dart jig heads on the market
and are designed to help anglers deliver payback to those fish that might have
"got away." |
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The Lure Retrieval system that's built into your tackle, the
Ultimate LureSaver Titanium Release system
While most lure retrieval systems require a some sort of tool to rescue your
lure, Ultimate NiTi has devised a system built onto your favorite lures designed
to reclaim your lures quickly and easily. |
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ESB designs the everlasting slip bobber, and it works!
Fishing with slip bobbers is among the most flexible
fishing techniques and continues to be popular among anglers of all ages.
HL outdoors has developed the ESB, a bobber that not only lasts longer but also
will help you land that trophy fish the next time it takes your suspended bait. |
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Employing Gamakatsu's Rubber Worm hook for "Brass and Glass"
finesse fishing
"Brass and Glass" techniques are among the oldest finesse fishing
techniques, and are still one of the most productive methods for drawing
strikes. With new lures and sharper hooks the "Texas Twitch" is deadlier then
ever. |
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