Can these be used like a slider head to slowly drag/crawl a plastic bait across the bottom? Or even to swim a bait at various depths in the water column?

I see from the description that they were designed as a solid head for pitching/flipping into cover and eliminating the need to peg the bullet weight.

 

Thanks....Joe 

Good soft plastic swim jig head for 3.5"-4.5" paddle paddle tails.

Tom

Thanks Tom! I was thinking something like the Zoom Speed Worm.

 

Joe

They are similar to the Brewer hook.  I believe the Brewer hook is a 2/0 or 3/0.  With a kinda skinny worm like a Zoom Speed worm I don't think it would make much of a difference.  I think that the Brewer hooks are cheaper, but they are harder to find retail.  I order plenty from Brewer every few years.

I used to buy a pack to drag worm or craw especially in weedy area. I can super glue plastic to head and it would stay on hook better. Nowadays I just go KISS with just bullet weight with my preferred hook.

 

3 hours ago, 5/0 said:

 

Can these be used like a slider head to slowly drag/crawl a plastic bait across the bottom? Or even to swim a bait at various depths in the water column?

I see from the description that they were designed as a solid head for pitching/flipping into cover and eliminating the need to peg the bullet weight.

 

Thanks....Joe 

I fish weedy natural Midwest glacier formed lakes where shakyheads and football heads just don’t work well due to the amount of vegetation. I use the very similar screwlock version of those, usually with trick worms or various finesse worms in lieu of shakyheads. Swimming them with various styles of plastics should be no problem. Never thought of using the speed worm with that head, going try it now that you mention it.

I use these on 3.5-4" plastics all the time, usually a 4" power worm; they fish very much like a slider.

 

However, I do prefer a bigger hook for the speed worm, although it's probably doable.

I like them for smaller worms.  Retrieve any way you want.  They are fairly weedless/snagless.  An actual pegged Texas Rig will protect the knot better, if that's important to you.