07-02-07, 05:11 PM | #1 |
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Fluke Trick
Had an old timer show me this and it really works great. Take a nut (like a metal nut from a screw) and just put it on the hook when you rig a Super Fluke. It gives it awesome action when you want it to sink a little and I have caught tons of fish off this!! Just thought I would share...
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07-02-07, 05:32 PM | #2 |
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Exactly where on the hook? Can we get a pic of the rig please? Thank you
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07-02-07, 05:35 PM | #3 |
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Well it will move around...Ill take a pic of it tonight and post it. It basically sits on the shank part and moves back and forth.
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07-02-07, 06:23 PM | #4 |
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I'm guessing that after you thread the hook about a half inch to and inch into the soft plastic as you would when Texas rigging it, you slide the nut on, then continue to insert the hook back into the plastic. so that the nut is on the curved area of the hook that shows. i used to fool around with stuff like that, i'd take a nut and thread a soft platic through it at different areas, making whichever part you place the nut sink faster but it really didnt do to much, more of me just struggling with the summer fishing and not getting any bass, so i'd start tinkering around till i found something that restored confidence... i did catch more fish, but not because of me putting a nut on there, more of me just having confidence in the bait and throwing it more.. half the time the nut came off in mid cast anyways haha.
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Sounds like that would change the action of the fluke a lot. Tired of cutting the tips off nails for fluke weights. I am going to give that a try, thanks for the tip.
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I've done that with Flukes and other soft plastics, but haven't used a nut. Rubber core sinkers with the rubber removed work well.
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or you could just get a belly wieghted hook.
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Or insert weights, and you can always add a rattle. The idea does have some merit IMO because of the noice/vibrations the nut would make moving around. Lizards
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Thanks, I'll have to try that.
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07-03-07, 08:02 AM | #11 |
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Good post Leroy,
The shifting nut would cause noises as lizards says, but also shifting about causes a different or varying action, the best of both worlds. Good post, thanks, and good fishing, Mac Leroy, when you rig your fluke, what specific hook are you using, worm hook, round bend worm, wide gap??????? Thanks. Last edited by Mac1; 07-03-07 at 08:04 AM. Reason: question arose |
07-03-07, 08:57 AM | #12 |
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Wide Gap Hook
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Thanks. Wide Gap it is......
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07-03-07, 11:35 AM | #14 |
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No Problem. Sorry no pic yet... Got a 1 Month Old and we had "issues" last night..
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07-04-07, 08:22 AM | #15 |
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This nut trick would also work well when wide gap rigging a tube or even a grub. Having the weight under the bait will give it a slower fall, and being moveable, an unpredictable fall. I visualize if the nut is forward, the bait will nose down and gain speed on the fall, the rushing water going past the lure will eventually push the nut back on the hookshaft and the lure will try to level off on the fall......sort of a two part diving/gliding presentation. Interesting possibilities.
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