Wire Worms for Whitefish - All You Ever Wanted to Know - Updated for 2021/2022

[wbaj]

Originally Posted by NSR Fisher

Wbaj those look absolutely money!!!

Heck, I would pay money for those!! If you ever have a few spare ones, I would love to try them. They look so natural. What kind of markers do you paint them with?

Thanks for the compliment NSR, I use a paint marker pen from Michael's craft store. Pens cost about 6 bucks but last many years.
Here is about all I used.


I have never sold any hook I've made, just enjoy playing with different ideas and catching fish on home-made hooks.
None of these have caught any fish yet.... but they also have never been in the water so you just never know!

[Zip-in-Z]

Reflecting back .... I thought it would be a good idea to kick start this thread again in early November since photobucket crapped out and most of the pic's disappeared. At the time there was 91 post with 23,600 views, today there's 232 with 37,322 views and lots of positive helpful information/suggestions. It's great to see so many members have shared their W/W creations including lots of pics. This is got to be one of the better threads in Fishing section.

Will be checking in on occassion, my GPS is set for SoCal, back in 3.5 months.

To all, wish you a Happy N/Y and all the success over the 2018 hard water season.

Cheers

David

[Jawjacker]

Originally Posted by Zip-in-Z

Reflecting back .... I thought it would be a good idea to kick start this thread again in early November since photobucket crapped out and most of the pic's disappeared. At the time there was 91 post with 23,600 views, today there's 232 with 37,322 views and lots of positive helpful information/suggestions. It's great to see so many members have shared their W/W creations including lots of pics. This is got to be one of the better threads in Fishing section.

Will be checking in on occassion, my GPS is set for SoCal, back in 3.5 months.

To all, wish you a Happy N/Y and all the success over the 2018 hard water season.

Cheers

David

Thank You for all your help Zip. Happy New year . The best of 2018.

[joyprince]

what's the material on the right bottom? looks like 'tin foil'?

Originally Posted by wbaj

Thanks for the compliment NSR, I use a paint marker pen from Michael's craft store. Pens cost about 6 bucks but last many years.
Here is about all I used.


I have never sold any hook I've made, just enjoy playing with different ideas and catching fish on home-made hooks.
None of these have caught any fish yet.... but they also have never been in the water so you just never know!

[Zip-in-Z]

Does anyone have a source for thinner diameter solid "Yellow" wire ?

I ran out of the stuff I found years ago in EDM & the 100/pair wire I have isn't all that great to work with. The "Orange" is from the Cat 5 that I got at Cdn Tire, hoping to find some Yellow with a similar diameter. Nothing around here or R/D .... any suggestions ?

Joyprince ... the tin foil material you identified in wbaj's post is most likely "Lead" tape, I use it to swing weight my golf (irons) clubs. It's a novel idea to add weight to a W/W. Perhaps wbaj can share some further info.

Tks

D.

[Zip-in-Z]

What’s more colorful the Mrs. collection of lost/found golf ball or my W/W’s ????




Came up with a few different patterns that may or may not work, I’m running out of ideas and colors, tried to make a few combo’s with a “Twist”.

Orange & Brown – used Cat 5 wire I got at Cdn Tire.









Diamond honing steel ideal for sharp hooks.



Brown & Yellow & Twist



Yellow & Red & Twist – Don’t like the heavier Yellow wire, will keep lookin for some thinner dia.




I tie 2 W/W’s on each rod, use 6 or 8 lb Floro leader material approx. 5 ft long & tie it to a mini barrel swivel to 10 lb braded line. I tie the top hook first approx. 12-14” from bottom, start the line through the hooks “Eye” facing up not down, then tie your knot, I use the double Trilene knot.




Tip – To get your W/W to sit Horizontal with the hook up after you tie the knot ….. loop the line back through the eye from the top going down through the eye and you will always have it sitting perfectly Horizontal .... see.




I tie the bottom W/W next, approx. 10 – 12” below the top hook and use a toothpick to get a nice small tight loop & tie a double Trilene knot.









Dec 11th “Line Up” … 1st , 2nd & 3rd String, going to give the Stampeders G-Cup champs a try & a couple of my most productive patterns will back them up. For those wondering, I got the "Green" glow beads from the Fishin Hole, Mr White sure likes them.





I ran out of high end hooks & using Mustard S82-3906B in 3XH/2XL Size "8" which is used as a Nymph hook.

Hope some of the info/pics are helpful.

Cheers

David




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[Zip-in-Z]

I was looking for some thinner dia. solid "Yellow" wire for some time, the stuff I had isn't great & no one here suggested a source.

Today I needed to stop at Princess Auto R/D and to my surprise I found some in the Surplus Products area in the back of the store, came in 3 colors and was <$5.00. It's the same dia. as Cat 5 and has a wire core so it wraps nicely/tightly on the hook shank.

Tied a Yellow/Orange & Yellow/Red W/W ... turned out great, will have to experiment with the Blue, it has possibilities.

For those who make your own W/W's, I recommend tying a few Candy Cane colors they have been very productive in both Sylvan & Gull.

Cheers

D.




Colorful ....

[wbaj]

Originally Posted by joyprince

what's the material on the right bottom? looks like 'tin foil'?

The shinny material in the lower corner is lead sheeting.
I cut it into very narrow strips then wrap the hook with it usually in a tapered fashion from back to front. This adds weight to help sink the hook when fished. It should be noted that this is usually not required if you are wrapping the hook with wire as extra weight is not required.
I only do it his when making my "worm" out of rubber glove material. There is very little weight to this hook without a lead underbody.
BTW I caught several fish with this hook last season. A horizontal presentation fished slow at about the 6 or 7 foot level in 8 to 10 feet of water worked well.
Good luck!

[SNAPFisher]

Thanks sns2 and the admins. This post is where it should be

[Zip-in-Z]

Originally Posted by SNAPFisher

Thanks sns2 and the admins. This post is where it should be

Thank-you Admin as well, Mr. Snap & Mr. Skawtty for the "Sticky" suggestion/recommendation, I'm pleased to see/read the positive contribution from various members who share knowledge and help others in this thread.

I'm honored.


David

[Zip-in-Z]

Originally Posted by Bassett

Hey Zip, do you always fish 2 w/w on one rod? I’ve never been able to tie it properly and when I have only one lays vertical and the other does what it wants. I find it tends to produce nothing at all.

With that being said do you normally pick two closely matched patterns or completely different?


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Bassett ... further to the response from Mr SNAPFisher, the info in post # 252 herein, should help including the pic's demonstrating the process on how to tie 2 w/w's in tandem.

The key to success is loop the line back through the hook eye and for the bottom W/W leave a sufficient tag end say 3/8 - 1/4" when you clip off the end piece. I adjust my bottom W/W & pull on the tag end to tighten up the knot to get it to sit horizontal. You need to be aware of your hook size and the amount of wire wrap, too much is too heavy & the extra weight will drag it down vertical.

Have a look and if you need further clarification send me a P/M.

Cheers

David

[Zip-in-Z]

The following may be duplicated in the Sylvan Opening Day thread, however, these pic's belong here, too.

Try Dark Brown/Black W/W's when fishing in weedy bottom conditions, Whites & Walleye were aggressively chasing the Black pattern.









When fishing over rock/sand rubble try a Red pattern







Try Yellow/Orange Candy cane in sandy bottom or shallow conditions, was fortunate to catch 6 Whites on this one today.




My Three Sisters with a Green Glow Bead have been very productive.