Siwash hooks are longer and straight, similar to a bait hook for worm fishing. the octopus is a more curved hook and shorter.

I am not a plug fisherman, but I know that with spoons one thing that has increased my "hookups" is "offsetting" the siwash hook slightly. From my knowledge an advantage in addition to what was stated above with a siwash is the distance the point is back from the lure, giving a larger bite radius, and therefore a better chance to hook up. By using a bead to run you hooks back I would think you are reducing the need for such a hook, but I am not sure on that one.

One thing to note, if you are using a chain and running that from the belly of the plug you are creating more stress on the belly of the plug, atleast from a pure mathmatical standpoint one would have to factor in distance to come up with pressure. This would hold true on the tail also, I would think you would want to use as a link as short as possible.This may be a factor in the plug breaking.

atleast you hooked into a nice one...



[This message has been edited by Stadle (edited 06-21-2000).]