How to Dress Treble Hooks

[smoothlures]

I bought a few new Stingsilvers and felt like sharing, so here we go.

You'll need:
1 bobbin with heavy thread, red preferred
1 bucktail/synthetic hair, your choice of color
scissors
fly head cement
hooks
whip finish tool (optional)
straight razor (optional)
krystal flash (optional)



Step 1:
Start your thread. Make a bump on one end, not overlapping the eye of the hook.



Step 2:
Move your thread to the back, leaving the middle thin. Make a bump towards the back. This will trap the hair where you want it so it doesn't slide around. Cut off and trim enough bucktail so it extends about the length of the hook. Add the hair in one bundle, and make 3 loose wraps in the middle.



Step 3:
Twist the hair around the hook, getting it as evenly as possible. You only need to move the ends that are tied down, not the tips. You should have something like this.



Step 4:
From now on your thread needs to stay very tight. Wrap forward, then back. You can whip finish and cement here or see the next optional step.



Step 5 (optional):
If you want to add flash, whip finish 3 wraps, then add in 6-8 strands of krystal flash or flashabou in the middle of each hook. Tie down tight, cover with thread to the front then wrap to the back and whip finish. Apply head cement and let dry. I choose not to use flash but went this far for this tutorial.




Reattach your hook once the cement is dry, and it should look something like this. You can do all sorts of colors and whatever else you may want.




Hope this will help some folks that might buy the poor quality dressed treble hooks that fall apart from the store. Please don't reuse this without permission from me.

[fish-wva]

cool i'll try that for some of my topwater baits

[mozingo1952]

I have fished for hybrids and whitebass much more than crappie, and have
spent many hours hopping a jigg'n spoon on Lake Palestine , Tx.
I think a dressed treble will get you bit faster on some days, other days
it doesn't matter. I can't ever remember a time when I thought the dressed
treble got bit less than a naked one.

Are you targeting crappie with that bait? I have caught crappie on similar
baits while fishing for whites, but have never thought of using one specifically
for crappie.

Good luck
Mo

[smoothlures]

Hope they turn out for you fish-wva.

Mozingo, oh no that's a 2 oz. Stingsilver for saltwater fishing. For bluefish and Spanish mackerel mainly, but others will bite it.

[hogpaw]

Nice. Hope the work out well.

[TreednNC]

spanish will eat the pink one in a hot minute. Looks good smooth

[shipahoy41]

Good tutorial. Thank you for sharing this with everyone.

[smoothlures]

No problem Ship.

Treed, gonna give the Spanish a shot in the morning from the pier. Making up some Spanish rigs with the straws and I'm gonna use this one as the weight instead of just a sinker. Might as well have some extra hooks down there.

[Crappie Kid]

Great Tutorial......... Most Muskie lures up here look about the same....... I like this site for this particular reason.........

Zeke