I’ve always wanted to do something with the VMC treble hooks with the blades hanging from them. My local shop has several sizes and I’m thinking I will try them on a Devils Horse. Extra flash and hopefully some secondary movement even after the props stop and the bait sits. What lures have you used these on? What’s your thoughts on them?

I've never used the VMC bladed trebles, but I did read an article on adding small willow leaf blades or dressed trebles to the rear treble of Rattle Traps. This was before Red Eye Shad's, doggone I'm old. I tried both hacks and had pretty good results.

10 hours ago, Smells like fish said:

What’s your thoughts on them?

Gimmick. Will you catch fish with those hooks on a lure? Sure, but I don't see any plus side.

Drove 2 hours today hitting 2 shops and spent $17 on a Devils Horse and 2 bladed treble hooks. Drove 2 hours home. Spent 20 mins modding the lure. Drove to a pond and caught a small bass and a big gill before dark… priceless!!! 

On 7/27/2021 at 9:55 AM, Smells like fish said:

I’ve always wanted to do something with the VMC treble hooks with the blades hanging from them. My local shop has several sizes and I’m thinking I will try them on a Devils Horse. Extra flash and hopefully some secondary movement even after the props stop and the bait sits. What lures have you used these on? What’s your thoughts on them?

So over the winter i had the same idea, took a rebel pop'r, in the 5/16th oz size and I placed a number 4 bladed treble on it, tried one on the back first and though the weight change wasn't that significant it made the bait sit almost vertical on top of the water so only the mouth was visible from the boat, didn't seem to have much if any effect (aka Couldnt get a bite).

Then on the same popr I put the bladed treble on the front hook and put a mustad size 6 on the rear to much greater effect. Heres some observations I made about the placement on the front of the bait

1. the slight weight addition did seem to make the bait cast slightly easier on baitcasting tackle.

2. With more weight in the front I found that working it slow in a pop-pause-pop cadence and letting the bait settle after each pop was best

3. Loudest pops were when on a slack line you popped your rodtip down so that just at the end of the motion the line would come tight and make the bait move, if you moved slowly it produced a big bubble and "bloop" sound and if it was a faster pop it sounded almost identical to a bream coming and smacking the top of the water.

4. Got in my pool while having my younger brother work the bait under me, the most important thing I noticed was that tiny little blade never stopped moving, even when it was sitting on slack line it swung and spun around slightly but the flash it put off was very noticeable for the size of the blade. It was blue bird skies when we tried this and the only two parts of the chrome/blue colored Popr was the flash of the blade and the red mouth. So that gives you perspective on to how much that tiny blade stood out.

5. I tried modifying a Popr to get it to walk by sanding down the sides of the face of the bait as well as the bottom lip, this worked with replacement non bladed hooks but when I added bladed hooks to either the front or the back it added too much weight and on the "walking" retrieve it would dive under the water.

NOTE... - I was using a 6'6 medium action baitcasting rod with 12lb biggame mono as my line, have not tried on braid to leader on on a spinning rod.

I’ve used them on my wake baits