The tail end of the spoon stays naked.
When you observe this rig in the current swimming it looks like a conventional lash up. The hook trails in the normal position.
When Mr. Big gets hung up on it, he has a harder time getting rid of it because your connection to him does not flow through the spoon.
It's not conventional, it doesn't look normal, it's not on the radar screen of many (most) spoon fisherman, but it works.
Extending that hook back with the bead chain sounds like a different twist on "Extenze Field Testing".
I like the idea as it takes away the direct connection from heavy spoon to hook.
Curious what it does to the action without something to physically weigh down the butt end of that spoon in the current?
Working spoons against the current is like flying a kite with a precisely controlled wobble. The hooks, split rings, swivels, or other adornments we apply to the spoons butt end is analogous to the tail of a kite, helping to stabilize that wobble. Put on a heavy tail and the kite rides straight as an arrow... basically no action. A bit less tail and she starts to wobble a bit. Even less tail gives a more pronounced wobble. While no tail may result in the kite spinning completely out of control. Of course much of that depends on the wind speed (current). You get my drift?
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