Weighted Treble How To

[chefchris]

*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. 

o 

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. 

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) 

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. 

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. 

 

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. 

 

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. 

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. 

[CG_Fishes]

Great post! What do you think the benefit is of doing this instead of wrapping lead wire around the hook, which I have done with success in the past?

[chefchris]

1 minute ago, CG_Fishes said:

Great post! What do you think the benefit is of doing this instead of wrapping lead wire around the hook, which I have done with success in the past?

Thanks man, maybe doesn’t effect the hook gap as much, allows you add the exact amount of weight, allows the bait to sit on the weights off the bottom? 

im not really sure why, I just seeing a million post about em and guys going crazy for em so figured I’d try to make some 

I heard from one guy that it effected his hook up ratio but that was only one person. 

if done the lead strips on the hook shank, doesn’t allow for a lot of weight to be added but it’s super easy and quick 

[Jon P]

Thought this was a how to on Mike Long-ing your own bass til you mentioned it’s for weighting baits in the last paragraph.

[CG_Fishes]

8 minutes ago, chefchris said:

Thanks man, maybe doesn’t effect the hook gap as much, allows you add the exact amount of weight, allows the bait to sit on the weights off the bottom? 

im not really sure why, I just seeing a million post about em and guys going crazy for em so figured I’d try to make some 

I heard from one guy that it effected his hook up ratio but that was only one person. 

if done the lead strips on the hook shank, doesn’t allow for a lot of weight to be added but it’s super easy and quick 

Definitely worth a shot, and something to keep the boredom away during the winter. The hook-up ratio is definitely something I would worry about, keep us posted on how they go

[Jim137a]

I’m def gonna make a few up the only bummer is I won’t be able to test them out til  March if the ice goes out by then. 

Edited February 3, 2021 by Jim137a

[chefchris]

11 minutes ago, Jim137a said:

I’m def gonna make a few up the only bummer is I won’t be able to test them out til  March if the ice goes out by then. 

same man, snow here yesterday, hopefully can find an outflow with open water to test some new baits out and try these hooks 

[Xtiaan]

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. 

o 

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. 

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) 

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. 

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. 

 

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. 

 

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. 

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.  

[Grizzn n bassin]

Nice going try this out , thanks for putting this together!

[chefchris]

So little update as far as hook weights go. 
 

1/0 kvd stock 1.4 grams 

1/0 kvd w/ 1/8oz 5.1 grams 

1/0 kvd w/ 3/16 6.8 grams 

 

2/0 kvd stock 1.8 grams 

2/0 kvd w/ 1/8oz 5.4 grams 

2/0 kvd w/ 3/16oz 7.2 grams 

for reference 5 storm strips weigh rough 1.8 grams 

So if you wanted to use the weighted hooks as a tuning tool you could then translate it to how many storm strips 

I haven’t messed with the Zappu board weights but I have some on their way 

really need open water so I can go mess with some baits