I noticed that multiple manufactures make this style EWG hook that improve the easy of Tex-posing hook points.  Do they work and are there drawbacks to them compared to standard EWGs?

42 minutes ago, Happybeerbuzz said:

I noticed that multiple manufactures make this style EWG hook that improve the easy of Tex-posing hook points.  Do they work and are there drawbacks to them compared to standard EWGs?

I only fish with gamakatsu g-lock ewg hooks when I use an ewg. I haven't noticed any drop in hookups and I think they year up the plastic less. My favorite hook for everything besides punching/pitching with braid

I’m a huge fan of the G-Lock Worm hooks. I buy them in bulk and use the 3/0 for trick worms. I Texas-rig a lot at night and needed a hook that was forgiving with my hooksets when the margin of error is magnified in the dark. 

 

In my experiences, the fish hook themselves using ribbontails and straight tailed worms. 

 

Then again, I’m also dealing with that margin of error with Megastrike or Spike It Dip-n-Glow. Oh yeah have not been gut hooked, to date, from these hooks.

 

It’s all about this specific hook’s angles too that help your plastics stay entact and on straight after pulling thru cover. 

The "G-Lock" does help hold the bait in place, but it's not good enough for me. I also "peg" the bait, this way:

 

I own some EWGs like this , too, various manufacturers and I see more and more innovation in hooks.

 

But, for me and just my own personal experience, the "angle of attack" I suppose I might call it takes precedence over the several issues EWGs solve.

 

It can be seen below in my attached little mock up of a straight shanked worm vs. an EWG side-by-side.

 

If you thread the hook on a straight shanked worm hook, leave it just below the plastic's surface, when a fish takes it in its mouth, when you feel it and set the hook, it comes thrusting out an an angle that will catch . . . something. i'm not alone in thinking this isn't always the case with an EWG where, just personal experience, I just don't have the same percentage of successful hook sets.

 

Brad

Thank you all for the insight.  The temps are climbing up here in California which means more dragging plastic on the bottom.  I'm going to give this style of hook a go this summer along with Glenn's "pegging" suggestion if I can remember to pick up some cheap 40# mono.

5 hours ago, Brad in Texas said:

I own some EWGs like this , too, various manufacturers and I see more and more innovation in hooks.

 

But, for me and just my own personal experience, the "angle of attack" I suppose I might call it takes precedence over the several issues EWGs solve.

 

It can be seen below in my attached little mock up of a straight shanked worm vs. an EWG side-by-side.

 

If you thread the hook on a straight shanked worm hook, leave it just below the plastic's surface, when a fish takes it in its mouth, when you feel it and set the hook, it comes thrusting out an an angle that will catch . . . something. i'm not alone in thinking this isn't always the case with an EWG where, just personal experience, I just don't have the same percentage of successful hook sets.

 

Brad

I can say after doing this exact thing, my hookup ratio with flukes and Rage Bugs has dramatically increased