Ryley, when I say hangback, I mean BACK..... as in 4-5 inches back BEHIND the spoon. I use a length of 50# Max UG and snell an octopus style hook. I tie the free end to a swivel, cover the barrel of the swivel with a hootchie, and place the free eye of the swivel into the spoon's split ring.

Goal is to get a bite on the spoon, but "floss" the fish at the corner of the jaw/maxilla from the outside in with the long trailer.

For a sense of scale, the spoons pictured are nearly 4" long. First coho is hooked in the opposite maxillary plate (hidden from view). Second pic shows just how far I trail that sucker back there.



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10-01-10 Farrer 16.5# coho headshot.jpg

10-30-10 hangback spoon coho.jpg


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