WCZ Tyrant

[Tony91723]

I think I'm ready to try out one of these tyrants.  I Rigged mine to float, I just need to add some weights when I get on the water. Instead of using a hot knife I used mend it to cover the hole where the bubble material went. Aside from that I followed Mike Gilbert's vids.   Hopefully I can catch a nice one on it.  

[Tony91723]

Also this may be a dumb question.  am I supposed to tie to the eyelet on the wire?  Or the eyelet on the bait?  

Edited January 17 by Tony91723

[Big.mammabass]

Tie the eye lock to the lock, at least I think you would rather loose a fish/hook instead of the lure lol. 

[Big.mammabass]

*Eye lock to the lure. 

[bdpettit]

If I remember right, Mike said to tie to the wire. That's what I did and seems to hold up fine.

[chevro1et]

1 hour ago, bdpettit said:

If I remember right, Mike said to tie to the wire. That's what I did and seems to hold up fine.

Yes, Mike made a specific point of clarifying this in one of his videos. Tie to the hook wire harness, not the Headcase Harness. 

[AnthonyCatlow]

I have mine rigged for the floating presentation (bubble/bottom hook). When I retrieve the bait it seems to fall over to one side even on a slow retrieve. This happens with either size nail weights in the weight slots by the tail. Does anyone else have this problem and how can I fix it? Thank you!

[Tony91723]

On 1/21/2024 at 9:38 PM, AnthonyCatlow said:

I have mine rigged for the floating presentation (bubble/bottom hook). When I retrieve the bait it seems to fall over to one side even on a slow retrieve. This happens with either size nail weights in the weight slots by the tail. Does anyone else have this problem and how can I fix it? Thank you!

I finally got around to using my bait this weekend.  I too had the same problem that you described.  I ended up using 2 weights.  1- 3/32 and 1-1/16 weight.  The problem I had though was the bait now is a xxs sink bait.  I didn't have any cutters to cut the 1/16 weight in half but I believe that'll  help.   I think you just have to keep playing with the weights to get the right float that mike Gilbert mentioned on how his how to vids.  Good luck.

[AsaProch]

Definitely always tie to the wire. YOU WILL LOSE THE BAIT AND THE FISH BY TYING TO THE SCREW EYE. I know from experience with the battle shad haha. One of two things will happen. The screw eye will bend out due to it being a pliable material, or your knot will slip through the the gap. Also most people use pliers to bend out the screw eye for the wire or beast hook, and this will leave micro or not so micro chaffing on the surface. When tie to this you risk rubbing on your line against the worn surface which is a recipe for disaster.