Looking for a really long offset shank worm hook

[Micro]

I've been using Matzuo 5/0 light wire offset shank worm hooks for 10" worms and Horny Toads. I'm down to my last few and I can't find anymore anywhere. I think Matzuo stopped making them? They are about a 1/2" longer than Gamakatsu 5/0 round bend offset shank worm hooks. They have a semi wide-gap. They are, by far, the best hooks I've used for Horny Toads and big worms.

Does anyone know where I can get some, or who makes a similar alternative? It needs to be long.

[KvD]

have you tried out the gamkatsu Extra wide gap off set shank hook in 5/0?

i use these for my 6" lizards in 3/0 or 2/0....

just got one of my 4/0's out and it measures 2 1/8 inches long... thats from the top of the eye let to the bottom part of the bend in the hook...

mabe this will help

Alex

[Micro]

Way too short.  But thanks.

[MNGeorge]

Yamamoto sells a Segoi offset worm hook.  It has a longer shank design that looks like it would work well for you.

[burleytog]

Owner Oversize.

[Pond Hopper]

Owner Oversize.

Yep the 7/0 is a perfect fit for a ten inch worm, and durable as hell

[T-rig]

Owner Oversize.

x2.  http://www.***.com/descpage-OOW.html

Or these:   http://cgi.ebay.com/gamakatsu-g-mag-oversize-worm-fishing-hooks_W0QQitemZ170213501623QQihZ007QQcategoryZ31705QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

[Micro]

Any idea of the total length of the Owner 7/0? I want long, but not too long. This is the way I like to rig my Horny Toads...

[PlasticMan]

Wow, that frog rig looks weird. I have not seen a frog rigged that way before. With that hook being buried the way it is, do you get a lot of hang ups or slop stuck on it? My first thought when I saw that was it cannot be easy to swim through the slop.

Just curious.

[Rob G.]

Try to find some of the original Sluggo Hooks.  I found them at Dick's.

[Pond Hopper]

The owner oversize in the 7/0 is right at 3 inches, it isnt too big but just right IMO.

[burleytog]

[Wayne P.]

The Zoom Horny Toad hook will rig that way. That is how I do it. The Gammy G-mag Oversize hook with work too.

[Micro]

Wow, that frog rig looks weird. I have not seen a frog rigged that way before. With that hook being buried the way it is, do you get a lot of hang ups or slop stuck on it? My first thought when I saw that was it cannot be easy to swim through the slop.

Just curious.

Try it.  Hook-ups are exponentially easier with the frog rigged that way.   It's just as weedless conventional rigging.  The hook does get knocked out a little easier, but unless you're throwing it right onto a stump or tree trunk, it's fine.  Slop rarely knocks the hook loose.  This is my preferred way to fish a toad.  

[Wayne P.]

The hook point is just "skin" hooked like when you Txpose a Fluke or worm. The frog just swings out of the way when a strike occurs and the plastic does not take up hook bend space resulting in surer hookups.