and keen to change my jigs to singles and run into a few questions? been told use straight hooks and the ones i can find are o'shaunessy's - Mark kitteridge recommends chucking in a swivel between the hook and the jig body - how the hell does he get them in there without effing the hook - 3 down before i said i aint doing it right - Sam Mossman doesn't use em i see - am using grim reaper 80 - 100g jigs - why the hell don't gr just manufacture them in singles as well

any ideas on hook brands/models/size would be greatly appreciated and hints on opening hook lugs(?) with out rooting them (been trying with side cutters/pliers but keep snapping them)

cheers for reply, have since "managed" what i was trying to achieve using black magic 4/0 and 6/0 jig hooks - however;

do like the look of the jig etc at the site you linked and am interested in what you would reccommend for snapper and kingfish as well (both surface (poppers??) and sub-surface (jigs))

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Bjocque these RC's are a sub surface jig. Some anglers over here in Oz, plus in other places, either scent the back end of the jig and/or put a small strip of squid on to the rear hook for Snapper, Pearl Perch and Kings.

Many US anglers fish their casting or vertical jigs ( irons as they call them) with single hooks and often use a round, HD, ring between the jig and the single hook. Then they weld the opening closed with bronze.

First_Watch and HD (here on the board) can tell you much more about that if interested.

We prefer to put the hook on direct so anglers don't have to muck around and then try and change from a treble to a single after the jig has been bought.

Personally I hate split rings or swivels off the end because they are often the weakest link between the jig and the hook. So the more direct the connection between the two, the happier I am.

Do you do any trolling for Kings as well or do you target them mostly from land? I hear there are some hot land based spots to work from.

I have never used surface poppers on snapper so I will have leave that up to others to comment on.