It never fails.  You try and rig your plastic worm up on the shank of the hook only to have it slip down when you cast out or slide down the shank of the hook when a fish strikes it, reducing your hook up ratio.  It can be extremely frustrating and costly for anglers competing in a tournament with prize money on the line not being able to get a good hook set on what could be a fish worth thousands of dollars.  The solution to this predicament is the new Spring Hook by Honey Hole Hooks.  The Spring Hook was designed to hold your lure in place while allowing an angler to get a good hook set.  Better hook up ratios equal sweet results and is something that has anglers buzzing about.

Blake Muhlenbruck, owner of Honey Hole Hooks (www.honeyholehooks.com) and designer of the Spring Hook explained, “The Spring Hook took over 1½-years of developing from start to finish,”  he continued, “every hook is hand tempered and hand plated; it is a very labor intense process.”  Muhlenbruck worked with Addya, a hook manufacturing company to produce the Spring Hook exclusively for Honey Hole Hooks.  “Right now, Honey Hole Hooks and Poor Boy’s Baits are putting a 2-pack of the 3/0 Spring Hook in with each pack of Dixie Darter lures anglers purchase and 3-packs are available at www.lurecraft.com,” said Muhlenbruck.  The Spring Hook comes in a 3/0 size lite wire hook with sizes up to 10/0 soon to be released for anglers to purchase.  Anglers who catch fish on the new Spring Hook are encouraged to send in photos and stories of how they caught their fish.  “I am expecting that there will be some big fish and great stories of fish caught on the Spring Hook; it will be interesting to see how other anglers rig their lures on the hook and what lures they are using,” said Muhlenbruck.  

Spring Hooks are not built like other fishing hooks.  They do not have an eye to tie the line to but instead a bend where the knot gets tied to.  “The best knot to use is a Palomar knot, it will hold better and is less likely to slip down the shank,” explained Muhlenbruck.  To rig a Spring Hook, begin by placing the soft plastic lure next to the “spring” and turn the lure counter clockwise until it is snug on the hook.  To take off or change a lure simply turn the lure clockwise.  “The hook is designed to handle any style of soft plastic baits the fish are biting,” Muhlenbruck continued, “plus, anglers will save money by using them because the lures will not tear up after catching a fish.”  The Spring Hook can be used when drop shotting, flipping, Carolina rigging, or any technique like fishing a toad or frog fishing.  “Another way to rig the Spring Hook  is to slide a skirt up the shank to where the “spring” is on the hook,” Muhlenbruck went on, “this added dressing gives the soft plastic lure a unique look fish love.”

In the world of fishing hooks, the Spring Hook by Honey Hole Hooks has anglers all in a buzz about the increased hook up ratio equaling fishing success.  Plus the ability to use so many different baits, so many ways, means anglers can use it to catch a wide range of fish.  That means more fish will be feeling the sweet sting of the Spring Hook.