That is very different and I have never thought about that. I will have to give it a try.joegoudeau said:Just to add one more tip, I buy alot of the crimp on bullet weights. When I get home a drill them all out with a 1/16 or 1/8 drill bit. If I am fishing soft jerkbaits and need weight I just squeeze to weight on the shank by hand. The hole youu drilled will be enough to let it slide up and down the hook. This also works great on horny toads.
I have done something like this on hooks for a swimbait, when I didnt have the weight I wanted for a ' weighted swimbait hook 'Jared Pease said:There are many ways out there to weight soft jerkbaits. However I found one years back that I love and use majority of the time.
Take some regular solder (dont get the kind with the flux core) and wrap a couple loops around the shaft of your hook. The number of wraps obviously will determine how much weight you are adding. Then once you have it wrapped, take a solder iron and tap the ends so there is no loose tip of solder. This will also smooth the ends out so it slides through the baits when rigging.
This method of weighting is great because it keeps the center of gravity perfect at all times. Also, you can slide the solder up and down the hook (even after soldering the tips smooth) to adjust your center of gravity, allowing you to achieve some interesting retrieves.
Tattered Thumbs n Bigguns, Jared
