wacky hook

It all started with the plastic worm and has now mutated into a huge array of specialized offerings. Whose is the best and which one is your favorite? Come share your thoughts and opinions here.
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wacky hook

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What is the best hook for wacky rigging a 5 inch senko?
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The "best" for me has been the Gamakatsu Finesse Wide Gap Hook. I use a size 1.
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I like the Owner Weedless. It does OK at being weedless, the best weedless I've found though other than making your own with piano wire.
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Gamukatsu wicked wacky in 1/0
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I like circle hooks when I wacky rig. Owner inline circle is the one I use in 1/0.
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i've used a ton and found this to be the best

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Big_Bite ... BWKHD.html
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Weedless Eagle Claw red my favorite

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The revenge wackers
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I like the green owner wacky hooks the best.
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Green owner wacky rig hooks are what i have settled on 1/0 usually.

I think rod has as much to do with it as the hook, i missed a lot of fish with many different hooks until i went to a good whippy ML spinning rod. I use a bigger hook with a casting rod.
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Post by curls »

I really like this profile of hook for wacky rigs: http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Falcon_L ... FWKWH.html
The Kahle style hook is perfect with wacky rigs as I rarely (never) deep-hook the fish, and once they've got the bait in their mouth, I rarely (never) miss a hookset.

I don't use the Falcon ones - I use Mustad Weedless Wacky hooks, but they're basically the exact same thing. 95% of the time, I use the unweighted 1/0 size.
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Ham Solo wrote:The "best" for me has been the Gamakatsu Finesse Wide Gap Hook. I use a size 1.
Same here but I use size 3/0.
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I like the 2/0 Gamakatsu octopus hook, a friend used it and I was amazed at how well it hooked fish, my friend didn't lose a single fish that day, so now that is the hook I use and it works just as well for me.
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Gamakatsu Finesse Wide Gap Hook 2/0.
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Post by ScoobyDoo »

I did a write up on another site comparing wide variety of whats out there.

From owner, gami, falcon, decoy, zappu, hayabusa.........

Decoy HD finesse for the win!!!!!!!!
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