sliding hook method

[fishing_in_israel]

Anybody seen this before:

Sliding Hook Method

I found it here:
www.salmonfishingforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14416&page=3
and it's description:
Here's the way i rig up a rapala.

Make a hole in the vane of the rapala with a hot nail.

Put the nylon thru the nose ring(bend slightly depending on bank your fishing.

The rest is obvious by looking at the pic.

remove the 3 hooks and split rings(its handy to weigh these parts)

Place larger hook on seperate swivel/split ring set up.

any weight difference between the new swivel/split ring/hook make up by using lead wire and twist this on to the tail ring.

Somebody else added:
Aye, thats the sliding hook method alright, mind usualy dont put it through a split ring just the u wire on the rapala then attatched to a split ring, either way though. Martin has explained therest about bending the nose and adding weight as and if required. Usually use this method on anything above 7cm when fishig a single treble.
If fishing anything below this size then dont usually fish this way as the rapala attatched straight to the line ive found is ok.

Any thoughts?

[Fishooked]

Interesting.....yet it sure seems like a lot of work and a pain in the ass to do.

I noticed it was on a salmon fishing board, that's not a problem for me...but I could see where on a lure that light (I think that's a F-11) all those modifications would cause it to run incorrectly.

They are tested with the trebles on... I think...

[fishing_in_israel]

Nov 8, 2009 19:29:17 GMT -4 Fishooked said:

Interesting.....yet it sure seems like a lot of work and a pain in the ass to do.

I noticed it was on a salmon fishing board, that's not a problem for me...but I could see where on a lure that light (I think that's a F-11) all those modifications would cause it to run incorrectly.

They are tested with the trebles on... I think...

The clue to their mods is probably:
Put the nylon thru the nose ring(bend slightly depending on bank your fishing.

[10tacle]

Seen this type of slide riggin on other custom lures for lake- and seatrout fishing too. Maybe the wide known on the market (with a similar sliding design) are the JPlugs or Tomics.
Sliding coast wobblers for seatrout an cod are based on the same technique.

BTW: A couple of years go I had huge problems with the kickin minnow in breaking caused in bigger fishes or just snaggin somewhere.

First thing I thought ... s**t Then I decide to make a flexible and nearly unbreakable connection to the trebles and it works better than the Storm plastic crap.