Weedproofing Plastics

[Stuie_02]

Hi All

I havent seen many ways of weed proofing the Sp apart from crimping on some split shot and add some add some bristles or some mono. i saw one on an american site as they where weedproofing.

Are there many other ways of weedproofing soft plastics

Cheers
Stuie

[jimi]

The main way that I've seen involves using special hooks with a "kink" in them that allows the hook point to be embedded inside the plastic to avoid hooking up. Owner make a jig head that has the kink and a lead head. You can also buy hooks without the lead head and rig them texas or carolina style to acheive something similar.

Apparently the hookup rate is not too bad even though the hook point is buried.

James.

[pw-bream]

Good article on rigging SP's by Kim Bain
http://www.*********************/articles/article2.htm

More and some pics here
http://www.fishgeek.com/article_texasrigging.html

[saltydog]

the offset hooks are great for using in areas where you wouldn't dream of throwing a normal rigged plastic or lure, unweighted versions can be used with 'craw' type plastics and dropped into gnarly snags so they fall with a fairly natural motion.

[Stuie_02]

Hi All

The Weedless articles are very good, the texas style ofweedproofing softplastic i havent used yet. But are there any other ways of weedproofing your SP. I had some difficulty finding the image i wanted but here it is.

Cheers
Stui

[breamdude]

i too have had weed probs...

stuie- is that thing above the jig what u get in a pack of gamas?

[Stuie_02]

Hi Bream dude

I got this pic off an american web site it just the bristles are such a good idea.
i know the gamas have some very different arangements of jig heads so the hook point rides alot differently.

In general the hook point rides point facing down, if you place more lead above the shank (not on the hook side) the hook should ride hook facing up. This is the only other solution i had so far.

im still looking

Cheers
Stuie

[Ravin]

You could try looking in the on line store here at Slider Jigheads :D Where it says "Weedless Jigheads" :D :D Theres even pictures of em rigged weedless too :D :D :D

[Stuie_02]

HI Ravin

Definietly they look good, What i am looking for is other styles, methods of weedproofing. The jigs you mentioned are very useful but im after other methods of weedproofing or are there any other methods of weedproofing?

Cheers
Stuie