Assist Hooks

[AlloyToy]

Has anyone made their own assist hooks??

Looks like dacron with a spliced loop on one end, but I'm not sure what you would do on the hook end??

[fish4stripers]

John,

Check out Gman's thread, has all the details to make your own.

Gmans intro to Vertical jigging

[AlloyToy]

Thanks Jeff for that link, and Glenn for a great post!!

[Albiemanmike]

John,
Been making my own for a couple of seasons. I have been using JB Hollow for the cord and it seems to work fine. The stuff they use for the retail ones is Technora which is a Kevlar blend borrowed from the sailing industry. Glenn's thread is very helpful and a must read.

[AlloyToy]

John,
Been making my own for a couple of seasons. I have been using JB Hollow for the cord and it seems to work fine. The stuff they use for the retail ones is Technora which is a Kevlar blend borrowed from the sailing industry. Glenn's thread is very helpful and a must read.

Mike are you splicing loops on the ends, then inserting one of the the loops thru the hook eye and around the hook?

I have a spool of 300# dacron I was going to try....

[Wayward Sun]

Mike are you splicing loops on the ends, then inserting one of the the loops thru the hook eye and around the hook?

I have a spool of 300# dacron I was going to try....

I have 200 moss green JB if ya want a few yds??

[AlloyToy]

I have 200 moss green JB if ya want a few yds??

Thanks Mike....found some in my collection of misc. junk I'm gonna give it a try....


Thx

[Albiemanmike]

Mike are you splicing loops on the ends, then inserting one of the the loops thru the hook eye and around the hook?

I have a spool of 300# dacron I was going to try....

It has been over a year since I made any but I think what I was doing was doubling the JB and threading it through the hook eye then I put it in my fly tying vise and wrapped it good and tight with thread and then glued them. After that I slipped some heat shrink over it just like the big boys. They seemed to be every bit as strong as the store bought ones and cost me next to nothing.

[striper swiper]

Jon I spliced a loop in 200 JB then snelled placed the coil chaff tube then heat shrink so it was stiff. I made up 40 or so if you want some let me know

[On The Edge]

Be careful with the heat on the Spectra while shrinking the tubing. Spectra is very heat sensitive.