04-18-2003, 11:02 AM
[cool]Hey, Mr. X, thereis one other thing I forgot to mention on those stinger hooks. Some guys actually dress them with more feathers, and make a jointed jig out of them. It swings freely on the main jig hook and can add extra size and action. That is a popular type of jig for some salt water fishing and I suspect it might have some appeal to big fresh water fish too...like browns and bass...even walleyes and wipers.
I know you do quite a hit of stuff with two-color jigs. You could wrap the main jig with one color and the swinger/stinger hook with another color. The old black and chartreuse combo has worked well for me on regular jigs. I bet the chartreuse tail on a black main jig would be a killer.
And, for the benefit of anyone who has not already checked out the ringed hooks I suggested in the previous post...they are not expensive. A box of 100 is less than $3. They are decent quality though. The only thing I would recommend is to sharpen the heck out of them if they are meant to catch the short strikers. That's good advice for almost all hooks.
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I know you do quite a hit of stuff with two-color jigs. You could wrap the main jig with one color and the swinger/stinger hook with another color. The old black and chartreuse combo has worked well for me on regular jigs. I bet the chartreuse tail on a black main jig would be a killer.
And, for the benefit of anyone who has not already checked out the ringed hooks I suggested in the previous post...they are not expensive. A box of 100 is less than $3. They are decent quality though. The only thing I would recommend is to sharpen the heck out of them if they are meant to catch the short strikers. That's good advice for almost all hooks.
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