The Deceiver style pattern is by far my favorite pattern for stripers.
In the spirit of C&R, I switched over to tying them on jig hooks. I like the fact that almost all fish hooked with the 60 degree jig hook is on the upper lip away from the gill rakers.
After tying a bunch of my favorite color color combinations last winter, I finally got out on the water last week and to my surprise, they rode hook down. I guess I didn't distribute the materials properly and there is not enough weight down below.
I originally epoxied the heads and I don't add weight like dumb bell eyes.
I am now experimenting by retrofitting the finished versions by adding straight pieces of lead with epoxy to the bottom of the head in hopes that enough weight will get the darn things to ride hook up. It looks like the deceiver has "5 o'clock shadow", but I'm sure it will catch fish and be functional, which is what matters most.
Any other ideas to get the darn things to ride hook up.
I guess when I get around to tying another batch, I should make sure most of the material is on the bottom side of the hook opposite the point, not 50-50.
Thanks.
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