Stainless steel piano hinge and three hidden fasteners
I have also tried hooking the band straight through the band (below), but I have found it difficult striking true bites, and so have veered away from this method, opting for the haired version (which has resulted in an improved catch rate and more natural presentation)
For fishing around bridges, Ross Gallagher, director of retail sales at Hogy, recommends a black Hogy rigged to a jig head
For trophy Northern Pike fishing we are mostly interested in Medium Heavy and Heavy power rods since we are primarily using 20-65 lb test line with 0.5 to 4 ounce lures
Whether you are skipping soft plastics under docks, walking topwater plugs across oyster points, or bouncing jigheads along creek mouths, sensitivity matters
Again, this doesnt bother me much because I have a habit of squeezing my hollow-bellied topwaters between every other cast, so Im somewhat used to going through the motions