Rigging an Ice Fishing Hand Line: Hooks

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Part of the video series: Ice Fishing Rods & Hand Lines

Summary: Hooks are important components to use when rigging an ice fishing hand line. Learn to hook an ice fishing hand line correctly from a professional hunting guide in this free fishing video.

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BRADLEY CARLETON Bradley Carleton operates Champlain Valley Guide Service, which specializes in fair chase waterfowl hunting, ice fishing and spring turkey hunting in Vermont.... read more

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Rigging an Ice Fishing Hand Line: Hooks

Next, we're going to take a standard pre-tied snail hook, with the leader already on it, and we're going to hook that snail hook, with its perfection loop on the end, into that conical shape, once again, using our glasses, and we're going to retreat that conical shape into this sphere, to create the top hook. Secondly, we're going to create a bottom hook, back where we had put on the snap swivel, by opening the snap and attaching the snail hook onto the lower half of the snap swivel, like such. This will be your bottom line, or your bottom hook, on the thing. So, going from the top, you have your line leader connector, which has your top hook, which is hanging right beside the flasher to attract their attention. Below the flasher, you have your second hook, which is hanging off of the snap swivel. Now, what we commonly do, is we'll put a minnow on the bottom hook, to give motion to the entire rig, and we may put an eyeball or an ice fly, on the top hook, to attract attention near the flasher.

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