HOW TO BEND FROG HOOKS???

[Tackleholic]

Is there a certain tool or method to bend frog hooks upward or outward?

[MN Fisher]

Why would you want to...a frog is pretty much weedless, a necessary thing when running it over the slop...and good soft-bodied one doesn't interfere with hook-set.

[Jaderose]

Yeah...don't.  All it will do is make them more prone to picking up weeds and gunk.  I've never seen it make a difference in hook-up ratio.  

[Dwight Hottle]

I agree with @MN Fisher & @Jaderose. If you don't like the hook spread or configuration buy a different frog that suits you fancy. 

[813basstard]

Fortunately for you there is!

Invented right after fire and before the fork, roughly 2347 BC they’re called pliers. 

[Deleted account]

7 minutes ago, 813basstard said:

Fortunately for you there is!

Invented right after fire and before the fork, roughly 2347 BC they’re called pliers. 

Yup, a decent sized pair of needle nose.  Now as to the why, for me 2 reasons;

 

- To maximize hook point exposure vs weedlessness. In really heavy slop, they get flushed against the plastic, in lighter cover or pads they get bent up slightly off the body.

- To offset the points so they are not symmetrically identical to each other in the same plane. 

[Jar11591]

If we’re you, instead of bending the hooks out, I’d make the body of the frog softer and more collapsible by squeezing it in your hand for 20 minutes or so. I do this with all my frogs. Just work the plastic with your hands, and it becomes more collapsible and will improve your hook up ration while maintaining the weedlessness of the frog. 

[Tackleholic]

I'll try that.

[Big Rick]

Or, buy some of these: Scum Frog Launch Frog. The hooks already stick up and the body is very soft. 

 

[schplurg]

Just catch a huge fish and they'll bend.