The original theory came from Heddon lures with the treble hooks in the screwed in hardware.  Problem was that bass would throw the hooks fairly easy.  Started with just one splitring added to the hardware.  Did it's job.  Bass still unbuckle the hooks but with less percentage.  Then decided two splitring chained together would do an even better job.  Well it worked pretty well.  Then along came those Excalibur rotating hooks and the splitring-swivel-splitring chain just went off like a bright idea.  Rotating hooks need to rotate and a swivel will do just that.  The effects were just as expected.  Hooked fish percentage went way up and they were hooked much better than before.  The application for it was up to one's expectation.  It's only fair to say that not all lures will benefit, since the extension will tend to lead to hooks hanging up on each other.  The following are samples of lures that have benefited from the splitring-swivel-splitring chain.


Heddon Wounded Spook.


Excalibur (Jimmy Houston) Super Spook Jr. and Rebel Super PopR.


Mepps Syclops.

Those look great, Slipperybob!

A few Swedish Pimples remakes with splitring-swivel-splitring chain.

Is this an arraingement that you would use instead of using a trailer hook? I know years ago Heddon was getting requests from tournament fishermen about the bas****ing short on the Zara Spook. Heddon made an alteration to the Zara...When I find my pic I'll post how Heddon addressed this issue for the tournament guys!

Here it is...

That's a cool picture. Appears that there is a hole through the entire lure and thread line through it. That's a first time I've seen that style of Zara Spook.

I do like the dropper hook. It makes the hook dance a little more fluid. It also works much better for those short biters, but mainly it's to allow the hook set to secure much better since there's no bulk of the lure to interfere with the hook set.

Unfortunately MN laws prohibit me from having two lures on the same line, so I my thinking has to be formulated in another way. I've used some of the old Zara Spooks as an alternate slide bobber, so no hooks on the lure. Three eyelet screws; one in the lower front, one in the belly, and one in the tail. It worked as an expensive bobber, needless to say. The curly tail dropper jig there, works like a killer for soliciting bites on twitching.