wiggle warts.

[scott98541]

so far this year i have had 6 fish somehow take the o ring and hook off of the wart.always on the belly hook.seems to me like they have made the belly eye a little smaller in the last year or so.the o ring can't spin in the eye,the fish starts twisting and slips the o ring right off.i use a little larger hook than the factory ones,i know i can put all new o rings on and such,but shouldn't have too.i am interested if anybody else is having or had this problem.in my opinion the wiggle wart is the best plug on the market just need to fix this problem.scott

Hi Scott, how are ya. I haven't been back to those bunch of summers since we went - lots going on lately. ...

Try what I do with my Warts - I take off both stock hooks and put a 1" or 1 1/4" bead chain swivel on the belly ring and add a 2X strong treble or a strong siwash to the chain with a strong small split ring (small diameter, made with thick wire). Use a 3X strong treble or larger siwash with the Mag Wart. Using the big single treble rigged like this will increase your landing rate on steelies a little bit, but a lot for Kings and silvers (you know how those dang frustrating silvers slash and quick strike short so often on lures and baits - makes me so mad sometimes that I chew the cooked ones I've caught a little harder than other fish [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] jk). I've been doing this for many years now and it has led to me doing the same with Kwikfish; expcept I put a floatant on the big treble shanks with them to neutralize the bouyancy and keep the hook stabilized in the strike zone. I've only started doing this the last couple years on the Tillamook area rivers for fall chinooks, which have had poor runs and poor water conditions 2 years straight, so I haven't had a whole lot of trial with this for the Kwikies - but so far so better on the ones I've hooked! I think it will become the cure for a high percentage of lost Kwikie hooked fish (because the stock hooks flap around so much, leading to marginal hookups). ...

I also suggest using a green colored thin superbraid for fishing the standard sized Warts, and flatlined Kwikies, for the big Kings because it allows them to dive deeper and is strong enough in 30 lb. or 40 lb. tests that you call pull the big fish away from trouble better. ... Later. - Steve