Instead Of Using Heat Shrink For Fishing A Senko...

[cjam93]

Hey guys so I had an idea for helping the durability for a senko. I know a lot of people use heat shrink and I have been planning on trying that. I dont have any at the moment though and with work I doubt I will be able to get by the store before I hit the water again. So I was wondering if anyone had used electrical tape before? I thought I could wrap a thin strip around the worm and then stick it to itself, and then hook through the tape and through the worm to keep the tape from sliding once it gets wet. I dont know, what do yall think?

[gnuisance]

Try it!!!

[PersicoTrotaVA]

Should work the same as a heat shrink, only a couple of problems I see using electrical tape.  The water will wash the glue on the tape away and it will fall off eventually.  Could be 3 casts. 5 casts. 10 casts but its going to fall off.  Also the glue might throw the flavor off for the fish, then again they could like it. 

[Tony L.]

I could see that working well. I also learned from someone on this forum (I wish I could remember who so I could credit them) that some people use small sections of clear plastic drinking straws. Snip off a small piece and then make a sjngle lengthwise slit to open it up so that you can fit/wrap it around the Senko. Haven't tried it yet, but I don't see why it shouldn't work.

[Darren.]

Someone did mention, if memory serves, using electrical tape. Like Tony, I wish I could remember who for proper credit. Haven't tried it myself, if I use anything it is heat shrink, unshrunk... The ones I did shrink - marine heat shrink with the glue - have not held well to the worms.

 

I like to puncture the heat shrink in the top of the worm, not through the middle, thereby leaving a larger portion of the hook exposed.

[papajoe222]

The other thing you could try that's readily available is twist ties.  Pick them up at your grocer's produce section, wrap one around the mid section of your worm and tie it. Cut off the excess and you're good to go.

[cjam93]

Someone did mention, if memory serves, using electrical tape. Like Tony, I wish I could remember who for proper credit. Haven't tried it myself, if I use anything it is heat shrink, unshrunk... The ones I did shrink - marine heat shrink with the glue - have not held well to the worms.

 

I like to puncture the heat shrink in the top of the worm, not through the middle, thereby leaving a larger portion of the hook exposed.

 

What size heat shrink do you use? That was something I had been wondering about. This trip I will likely try out the tape just since I dont have any heat shrink but after that Id like to give the shrink a shot.

[Darren.]

What size heat shrink do you use? That was something I had been wondering about. This trip I will likely try out the tape just since I dont have any heat shrink but after that Id like to give the shrink a shot.

 

3/8" is what you want for a Senko. You can also take one to a local hardware store and eye it up there - like if you wacky rig Zoom Trick worms, etc., you'll obviously go smaller diameter.

 

The strips don't need to be cut really thick (wide). I go with maybe the same size as the diameter, or even smaller. Again, I do not hook midway through the shrink and worm, I hook just through the top (the hook does go through the top of the worm) and expose more hook than otherwise. Have gone through a number of fish before needing to swap out. Good stuff if you choose to use it.

 

I picked up a little box of heat shrink tubing with multiple sizes at Harbor Freight for cheap.

[00 mod]

Zip Ties will also work in a pinch

 

Jeff

[RAMBLER]

Small plastic cable ties.  Could not find mine, today.  Good bye one Yum dinger.

[FrankW]

If you are going to use electrical tape buy Scotch Super 88 tape.  It will work better in the water.  I haven't tried it but Scotch Super 88 is a great tape we used in Alaska for indoor and outdoor applications. 

 

Frank