Stumbled upon this ordering drop shot weights. What do you guys think of this hook? Looks pretty clever and it would seem to eliminate some twisting. I dig around a bit more on them and the video seems the hooks works well.

 

 

 

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I dono man I just pass the tag end back through the eye to get it to stand out.

I dono man I just pass the tag end back through the eye to get it to stand out.

Agreed, looks like overthink.

Several years ago, I got a few packs of those hooks in various sizes and tried them out.  Mixed results, but in hind site, I think it had to do more with me learning how to drop shot than the hooks.  Since then I've gotten somewhat better at drop shot fishing.  I've moved on to the Gamakatsu wicked wacky hooks.  Same principle, but rather than an arm bent down to run the line through, there is a tube attached to the shank of the hook.   I think that is a better design.

I use them for my limited dropshotting and they work pretty well, not the sharpest hook though. 

I have no issue running Gama but hey sometimes new ideas may work but may take a while for the traditionalist to follow. I'm not sure if I will but I guess one day when I'm bored. I do like the concept but I am not sure of the quality of the hooks.