Making some Assist Hooks

[John from Madison CT]

The line is 200lb Jerry Brown Hollow Core. The hook is a Gamakatsu Heavy Duty Live Bait in 7/0.

My supplies:





Pulling the double line the full length.












I knocked off about half a dozen in 20 minutes. I also colored some of the white JB line with a red sharpie. Also, the snell is hit with a drop of Zap prior to putting on the heat shrink tubing.





More pics coming.............

[Sea Draggin]

Looking real nice. We may need a sticky on this one.

[paul708]

nice hooks.

how long was the line.
what is the gap size of those hooks.
what is the finished length of your line from top of shrink tube?

thanks for posting

[ffoley]

John,
While you have the sharpie out put a little on the point to keep the rust off.

So, does the double line go all the way through the snell?

[John from Madison CT]

Yes, the double line goes all the way through the snell. There's basically no chance of the loop pulling out this way.

I used by drag scale to test the strength of this design. It bottoms out my 50lb brass scale.


Paul708: I'll have to measure those things. I don't know.

[Sea Draggin]

It bottoms out my 50lb brass scale.

I'll bet it would bottom out a 100lb hand scale. Nice job.

[Jason @ Melton Tackle]

John,

Great thread and thanks for sharing! I'm going to make a few of my own.

Jason

[John from Madison CT]

Thanks Jason. How many would Melton like to order?

[JuniorJigs]

where do you get the heat shrink tubing to put over the the sneel knot

[ElMar2530]

Nice Post!!