SS hook swap

[plankton]

Originally Posted by Redsoxticket

What about the rear siwash, maybe a 4/0 ?

That sounds like a good match with a 1/0 treble on the front. With floating plugs I usually will put them in water and try a few different sizes of siwash hooks on the tail until I find the one that makes the plug sit the way I want it, but with these being sinkers I'll go with whatever looks like a good match for the front hook.

[LeCounts1099]

Was going by memory-- just checked: it's cut 2/0 I use on the 1.5s...

It's all a matter of taste & preference & goals understand-- hook- dressing different plugs & why...

But my reasoning was: on "smaller" plugs (5" and smaller), I want less treble hook- hang distance (to the plug), & cut trebles are much cleaner here in these sizes/ cases than are split rings. On the 2 3/8 & 3 oz. S.S. Popper models, indeed there as these are bigger plugs, I go 6x 4/0 VMCs, with HD Splits for max. strength...

Too... I find that you can easily go to larger treble sizes (one or two sizes up) with cut trebles direct- attached... than you can with the lower- hanging split ring approach. As I'm always thinking "Large" even when using these smaller S.S.s... I want a stronger/ oversized treble more than most seem too... 1/0 on the 1.5 oz. is most common-- I'm just saying a cut 2/0 is very do-able!