The hooks are Size 2/0 VMC O'Shaughnessy Permasteel 4x Trebles. They are highly corrosion resistant and intended for salt water use. They can take a beating.
They are dressed with yellow bucktail. I sometimes add a splash of red on the inside or outside of the dressing and occasionally add stripes for interest.
We target Northern Pike. I often pinch down the barbs. The dressing generally lasts for one day before it is chewed off and has to be replaced.
These 2/0 hooks generally ride a 1/2 ounce to 3/4 ounce inline spinner. We use hooks as big as 5/0 attached to 1 ounce to 1 1/2 ounce inline spinners. We make all of the lures ourselves.
This is a 1 1/2 oz inline spinner wearing a dressed Eagle Claw 5/0 hook. The lure is over 6" long from the tip of the eye to the tip of the bucktail. This one caught three nice Northerns in the St. Lawrence River before it was used up and had to be redressed.
