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Offline 2XL

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Re: Northern WI trip
« Reply #15 on: 08/11/14 15:43 UTC »
NICE! The smiles say it all.

I fish that 3/16 oz worm nose a LOT on 4 and 6 pound test when the current is down. It is my favorite jig style for jigging and casting  plastics. I have the tear drop with the wire keeper mold which does make a nice jig but I still prefer the worm nose day in day out. I pour some of the WNs with the Eagle Claw 574 XLS hooks for when the fish are hitting short. I refuse to use a stinger rig. The longer shank seems to up the hook up ratio on days when the fish are not hammering what I am offering. The 574 is a great hook for the 5" Kalins grubs too.

Offline efishnc

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Re: Northern WI trip
« Reply #16 on: 08/14/14 23:16 UTC »
...the Eagle Claw 574 XLS hooks for when the fish are hitting short. I refuse to use a stinger rig.

Yeah, I totally agree... this is what I use on my Tip-up jugs and (regular) Football jigs.  I tried to talk "headquarters" into carrying these, but it doesn't seem like it will come to pass.