Which Hook Rings?

[Luke V.]

Was fishing on Erie as I do every weekend.

 

Throwing cranks. Specifically a Clanking rap in Perch

 

 

 

 

Pulled it out of the package brand new. Inspected the hooks, all seemed good. Throw the bait 4-5 times, landed a smallie around 1.5 pounds. Keep throwing it. Get a good 4 pounder on, get it near the boat to net it. As i reach for the net (was by myself) it jumps and comes off. No biggy I thought. Until I noticed my rear trebble was missing. Then on closer inspection the hook ring was missing too.

Anyone have this happen to them? I have been using similar style cranks for a few years. Never seen this happen before.

 

What hook rings do you use?

 

Thanks, Tight Lines

 

Luke

[Andrew Grant]

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Edited January 30, 2014 by XxX

[Luke V.]

I just looked at their website. They seem to have some very nice stuff. Thanks for the tip!

[glen]

How heavy of line were you using? The split rings should be good for up to 10lb line. Maybe you just had a bad split ring.

[Luke V.]

I am running 20lb power pro. And i just re spooled the reel. Im think that it was just a bad split ring. Seems like ill be getting some new ones, and spending the afternoon changing out most of them:whistling:

[kickingfrog]

On a side note the current FLW walleye magazine had an article where they had x-rayed 20 of the most popular body baits used by walleye anglers.