You guys are probably gonna think I've been under a rock my whole life but I've never fished with a senko at all.  What's more I've never even seen one up close.  I'm not a band wagon jumper when it comes to a new lure craze.  

But I just read up on how they fall horizontally and cast pretty far cause of how heavy they are and all.  So now I think I'm ready to get some and try them out.  What's a good size, color, and what kind of hooks do I need??  

I use a 4/0 hook and 1/16 oz weight.  I use the Wave worm tiki sticks 6 inches because they are half the price of Gary Yamamoto senkos.

in before someone quotes a sticked thread.. and/or locking  

What's a good size, color, and what kind of hooks do I need??

A good size are 4inch and 5inch. Colors I'd say go with black or black/blue in heavily stained/muddy water, overcast days, and at dusk/night. Clear water/sunny I'd recommend watermelonseed or cinnamon brown, but greenpumpkin will do. Lightly stained/sunny I'd use greenpumpkin. A good hook for rigging senkos would be http://img.***.com/ProductImages/GOSWG.JPG, its a Gamakatsu EWG. You can find them in sports authority/dicks Or pretty much any tackleshop. You want to use size 2/0 for 4inch senkos, and 3/0 for 5inch senkos.

This link will show you how to rig a senko using the hook I showed you.http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://home.comcast.net/~volforeen/dinger_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php%3Ft%3D87232%26highlight%3Drigging%2Bsenko&h=450&w=600&sz=28&hl=en&start=5&um=1&usg=__jIKA-tpDlEID2G-3omsvwFrmc_E=&tbnid=xvZCdoZ6LYcufM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drigging%2Ba%2Bsenko%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den (Scroll down and you'll see how to rig a senko)

What's a good size, color, and what kind of hooks do I need??

A good size are 4inch and 5inch. Colors I'd say go with black or black/blue in heavily stained/muddy water, overcast days, and at dusk/night. Clear water/sunny I'd recommend watermelonseed or cinnamon brown, but greenpumpkin will do. Lightly stained/sunny I'd use greenpumpkin. A good hook for rigging senkos would be http://img.***.com/ProductImages/GOSWG.JPG, its a Gamakatsu EWG. You can find them in sports authority/dicks Or pretty much any tackleshop. You want to use size 2/0 for 4inch senkos, and 3/0 for 5inch senkos.

This link will show you how to rig a senko using the hook I showed you.http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://home.comcast.net/~volforeen/dinger_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php%3Ft%3D87232%26highlight%3Drigging%2Bsenko&h=450&w=600&sz=28&hl=en&start=5&um=1&usg=__jIKA-tpDlEID2G-3omsvwFrmc_E=&tbnid=xvZCdoZ6LYcufM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drigging%2Ba%2Bsenko%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den (Scroll down and you'll see how to rig a senko)

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5" GYCB Senko

Watermelon with black flakes

Gamakatsu 4/0 EWG Offset Work Hook

T-rig weightless and weedless

Some people found them earlier, but this was a "new bait" for me in 1997.

After twelve years of fishing the Senko, I have never used a weight and

only rigged it wacky a time or two. Others have great success fishing the

Senko a number of different ways, it can't be fished "wrong".

For more information, look here:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1121527643

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