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Advice on 1/4oz and 1/2oz lipless hook replacements

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Any advice would be great regarding style, hook size, or anything else you can recommend.

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Size - try to keep close to the originals...if it was supplied with a #6, then I wouldn't go bigger than a #4...changing hook size changes the action.

Style - depends on what you're pulling them through...if you're ripping them through weeds, a hook that stays closer to the body is preferable.

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The gamakatsu G-finesse are my lighter wire hook replacements.  The Gamakatsu round bend magic eye are my standard wire replacements.  On a lipless I prefer the lighter wire, but don't mind the standard round bend.  On crankbaits I tend t go the standard wire first.  

1/2oz lipless usually takes #4 trebles. I’m not picky on brand. Mustad vmc gamakatsu. They’re all good

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When I'm fishing some 3/8 and heavier, I like a 1x strong 2x Short, the KVDs triple grips are pretty good and are cheap, in comparison to other trebles.  I just wish they set the hooks in foam or something instead of having them all loose in the pack.  The exception is when I'm fishing stump fields in the winter.  I will swap out the belly treble for a Ryugi Duo hook and replace the tail treble with a smaller standard shank light wire treble.  If I do get snagged, I can bend that hook out and get the bait back.  I feel like the EWG short shanks resist snagging a little better then a long shank round bend, but once you stick one of those EWGs into a lily root or stump, that short shank doesn't give you much leverage to bend the hook out.  

 

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