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  17. Weighted Treble How To

    in Grass Roots

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    19 hours ago, chefchris said:

    *Let me start by saying this is the way I attempted to make some weighted treble hooks, seemed to work out pretty well* 

    Items needed: 

    Tungsten weights, I used Picass0 1/8 & 3/16oz. Tungsten has a smaller profile to weight ratio. 

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    I used 50lb Shout! assist pe cord, which fit thru the weights without any issue. I had tried 80lbs and that was too thick. I'm sure you could get away with some heavier braid or dacron as well. was $4 for 3 meters worth, and you're using about 2" per hook. 

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    Hook of choice, for mine I used 1/0 and 2/0 Mustad KVD Triple Grip Elites

    Two part epoxy, Devcon 2 ton waterproof (not the 5 minute) 

    Piece of foam

    Razor blade or sharp scissors

    Pliers. 

    So I started by tying a simple overhand knot at about 2x the length of the hook itself. Then I cut the cord with a razor blade on an angle. I used a pair of pliers to pull the knot as tight as possible. Slide the cord thru the weight and along the flat side of the treble hook shank, and out the eye of the hook. I got all my hooks set up like this (8 in total) 

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    Then I mixed a small amount of Devcon epoxy, and applied epoxy to the area above the knot and the knot itself, this way the epoxy would bound inside the weight and lock the know into the cup in the bottom of the weight. Then I applied some epoxy to the bottom frame of the hook where the tip of the weight will sit. Then I positioned the weight as straight as possible, folded the extra assist cord against the hook and inserted it hook eye down into the foam. This kept the weights positioned where I wanted them and created enough tension for everything to cure overnight. the tag end gets trimmed so wasn't super worried about it at this point. 

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    Then I removed them from the foam after 24 hours, you can see the weight is nice and centered, the assist cord is already attached to the hook shank and ready to be wrapped. Some of them had some foam and excess epoxy I had to clean up, but nothing bad. 

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    Put the hook into the vise to wrap the shank, you can see the excess cord is just folded over the other side, I trimmed them down so that they weren't longer than the shank. From here i used some black thread and black sally hansen nail polish to wrap the hooks. 

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    Doesn't take much to wrap the hooks quickly and easily, made one full pass down, applied some of the black nail polish and then did one full wrap up, tied it off, and applied a top coat of the black nail polish. I usually apply one coat of the nail polish before doing the finally wrap as it pushes it deeper into the threads and coats the threads you're wrapping. Finally product came out nice, have to give em a topcoat of epoxy and might hit the weight a little bit as well, but overall happy with the results. 

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    Think these will be cool for quickly changing a baits action or making em suspend, I also plan on making a bunch for tuning baits, that way I can just add more lead next and get the same results. 

    Very sleek system.  Thanks for taking the time to put this post together.  Going to have to make a few of these before ice-out.  

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