The first time I fished a froggy pattern, I witnessed an explosion on the water’s surface that was then followed by the feeling of a heavy fish. The fish was polite. The fish only ripped off one leg from my frog. The second time I fished a froggy pattern, I witnessed an even bigger explosion and felt an even heavier fish. That fish was not so polite. The fish ripped off both legs from my frog!! Hence, my inspiration to make a trailer hook for my solid-body frogs.
Making a trailer hook for solid-body frog is easy. First, clip a hook to one end of a 50 lb Tactical Angler Power Clip and a swivel to the other end. Second, insert a length of monofilament through the eye of the swivel, insert the two tag ends trough an appropriately sized marine shrink tubing, and pull hook-clip-swivel assembly into the marine heat shrink tubing. Third, shrink the tubing via heat gun. And lastly, insert the eye swivel through the hook on your frog.
This presentation is optimal for solid-body frogs with a wide gaps between their legs and open to sloppy water patterns. I now land more fish and my Plano boxes are without amputee frogs! 😉
