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Z-man Elaztech is apparently non toxic in addition to being durable and bite attractive. Wish I tried it sooner.

Mine were bending out, yours breaking - you'd think VMC would have better quality control considering they've been making hooks since 1910. Last year I found it odd that new Gamakatsu worm hooks were breaking dehooking catfish & bass. Recently noticed they were "made in Thailand" when a box of...

JamesD, what I meant was do you have to glue the soft plastic(?) collars onto the hook shank?

Good review comparing Victory sickles to the Eagle Claw version. 31" walleye is exceptional, where you at Bill ?

Congratulations ! God loves you, or maybe forgave your sins. Z-man bait ? The opening night color Slim SwimZ has become my tested & proven choice for daylight wallys.

A final comment on the Victory 10360 - still catching fish but the constant need to resharpen point folds even on a light hard bottom tick is annoying.

Dunno why but the once superb VMC 9147 BN became prone to bend outs years ago so I quit buying them. Mr. HU, are your defective hooks bending out or breaking ? I regularly melt off and re-pour bad castings and haven't had a problem with hook quality degradation.

Very innovative materials. Are the spiky collars glued on?

Tried fitting the 10360 1/0 into a Sparkie mold which has a center post in the hook eye socket and like JungleJim1's experience the hook eyes snapped in half from the post insert pressure into the slightly undersize hook eyes. As posted tho hooks performance in use was acceptable if not...

So Jim, are you using more ties than plastics nowadays ?

That is a chunk white bass fer shur - caught recently? Are those hair jigs for walleye? Resurgence going on.

Got tired of fumbling with someone else's method so hit another spot I know well with my current small wally fave 3" Elaztech opening night Slim SwimZ. 2 days total 6 wallys including 4 nice ones around 20" which is exceptional for this continually meathead hammered EZ access spot. Trick was...

Purty, but does them ketch fish ?

Do the hatchet heads perform differently from other styles?

What #test line you using & what weight jigs? Got any pics of your shad dart ties ?

Like the preformed coil keepers that attach to hook eyes, I'd bet a similar design with a wire spike bait holder at the end instead of a coil could be worthy of mass distribution.

The wire keeper is a very functional idea but out here in the midwest the attitude would be if it ain't broke don't fix it, meaning generations of anglers have been using barb collar heads to catch fish successfully so why change? Altho I no longer use barb collar heads observing those that do...

Hmm, might have to try this. What kind of wire? Does the weight of the wire cause the jig to lean to a side? Most of my heavy wire hook heads have the hook eye flush on the head with no post protruding to wrap the wire.

Pearlish opaque white + clear fleck lam colors are popular here, but hardly anyone uses twisters here favoring Keitech 3" Easy Shiner paddle tails. Prior to fishing the 2 reservoir inlet canals this year for cold season wallys I thought they would bite most anything, not anymore., they are very...

Nearby spots lack sufficient catch & keep size & quantities of perch so I've never eaten one. Everyone here shoots for the 4 walleye between 15 & 21" limit, some every day. Can only keep one 22" & over within the 4. The Elaztech bait wasn't an everyday magic bullet, 2 days ago everyone was...