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    Best Weedless Weighted Wacky hook?

    I am looking for options for my wacky fishing. For unweighted hooks I have gravitated towards the Berkley Fusion19 with the fluorocarbon weed guard and love this hook with a crossover o ring. The weedguard makes it nearly hang proof and works well for hook sets. But, for deeper fishing I have only tried the Berkley Fusion Weighted Wakey hook (because it was there in the store). It's the one with the crappy wire weed guards that bend, come unwound, and then wrap up & fray my line. Plus...the weed guard doesn't really protect my bait from all the brush & cables in my lake. I don't know why they can't put that flouro weed guard on a weighted hook...but they haven't. So.....what do you guys use for weedless/weighted? I need it to be nearly 100% hang proof. Thanks!

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    The best one I ever found, Amistad Tackle Headbanger, went out of business several years ago. I'm still trying to figure out a replacement. I might pick up a few packs of some various ones (The Big Bite Baits Gamakatsu wacky heads look promising) and try to drill some holes and glue weed guards into the heads.

    Edit: In doing some searching, there's an Eagle Claw wacky jig that looks identical to the Headbanger, but it didn't show up on TW's wacky hook page. I found it by pure dumb luck
    https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Eagl...xoCOOkQAvD_BwE
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    #3
    I like the gamakatsu g finesse.

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    #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Bassjam2000 View Post
    I like the gamakatsu g finesse.
    Same for me. I tried several other and wasn't a fan

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    #5
    Falcon makes a good weighted wacky hook.

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    #6
    I'm liking the VMC weighed wacky hook.

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