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Yes, yes.....I know about 6x's. I've had those crushed too, however, and smaller plugs often don't carry them well. So I'm thinking about cheating next time. Planning to try in-line hooks. I've used them in current on the magic swimmer and they've done well when the plug is moving fast. I've tried them on the skinny donny (which required retrofitting with wire hook hangers and epoxy) but the jury is still out. The action is more vigorous and the few fish I've been able to find by day and boat with it have failed to get hooked. A needle might be a different story, however, although I'll be interested to see how well these work on a slow moving plug (I have a concern they may get pushed out of the way when a fish hits less aggressively). The needle shown is a one-off Eddy gave me some years ago. I've not tried it (the bucktail is a borrowed one off another plug). We'll see. Anybody else trying them?
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