Single-hook Mepps work great, easy to remove

The treble hooks have been replaced with single siwash hooks on these Mepps Spinners used by one of our anglers and shown to me last summer.
They hook the fish just as well and are far easier to remove from the fish.
The key when replacing treble hooks on any lure is to use a much larger siwash hook. The siwash hooks have an open eye that can be closed with pliers over the spinners' wire ring.
Fish caught on a single hook are less likely to "spit the hook." They can't use their tongue, for instance, to push against the other two hooks as with a treble.
Such Mepps spinners are deadly northern pike lures on Red Lake. You can either fish them plain or dress them as shown with plastic or Gulp tails.
For walleyes you can hang live bait on the Mepps' single hook.
Incidentally, these are some great colour combinations: silver, brass, red-and-white, and black-and-white.
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