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How do you rig the hooks on your poppers?

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Brandon Khoo:
Just out of interest, I'm curious as to how most of our members are rigging their poppers and stickbaits. I posted a thread a while back on the various methods but wondered whether most people were using the more traditional two trebles or had converted to using Bakers or even the assist-rigged single. Also, do you right stickbaits differently?

For me, I use all of the rigs depending on how they feel on a popper but my standard is a treble off the belly and a single off the tail. For stickbaits, I tend to use the Baker off the belly and a single off the tail as this seems to result in the best action. I won't use the assist rigged single on a stickbait as to me, it impacts on the action and in particular, makes surface stickbaits swim in a really odd manner. Mind you, this may make the fish look even more injured!

www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=1397.0

Chuen Fan:
I still prefer a treble off the belly of all poppers/pencils and either a big single or another treble off the tail. For stickbaits, baker rigged with a single off the tail on everything except gt gamma's. Haven't tried the head assist yet but it does look mighty efficient going off the various nomad dvd's.

Angus Hulme:
One thing I've noticed about hanging a treble off the belly of a lure is that it tends to rub and mark the finish of the lures a lot more than Baker rigged belly hooks. For this reason, on new lures I run Baker on the belly and a single on the tail. Old lures that are already chewed and carved up, I mostly run trebles on both front and back.

Luke Wyrsta:
Still prefer trebles for most scenerios. The weight is near even and acts like a keel to keep lures running true, in the case of stickbaits the additional weight helps sink the lure (running sub-surface is usually my preference, even then, rod tip up or faster retrieve and you can still have it snake on the surface). The other virtue is of course plenty of hook exposure!

Stephen Polzin:
split rings and trebles all the way for me. 

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