StandOut ™ Hook, Bleeding Bait Red, 10 ct., Size 6

StandOut™ Hooks —
Built by Daiichi®
Designed by Rodney Long

The first and only fishing hook specifically designed to be tied only to the middle of a fishing line instead of the end

In order to entice fish feeding near the bottom, fishermen sometimes rig hooks on a fishing line about a foot or two above a weight that rests on the bottom. This technique, called drop-shotting, has won many fishing tournaments across the country and around the world. Usually the hook is tied with a special knot like the Palomar, and that knot is manipulated in such a way as to make the hook stick out 90 degrees from the fishing line with the point upward. Most fishermen have difficulty in rigging this up, and usually only very small hooks are rigged this way.

Anglers may attach the Daiichi® StandOut™ Hook, using any knot they prefer, select any size hook, and the hook always sticks out at 90 degrees from the line in the optimum position for a top-lip hook up. The line is tied to top eye, then the tag end of the line goes through the bottom eye and on down to the Wiggle Rig or weight. As tension on the line is decreased, the hook drops downward, and then when the line tightens the hook pivots upward, giving the lure more action than any other hook made.

Fishing pros love the StandOut™ Hook, because even after fighting a fish, they don’t have to reposition their knot to get it back into the proper position; it’s always there, so they get their lures back in the water instantly. And the pro gets to use bigger hooks and bigger lures rig them weedless, unlike standard drop shot hooks.

Natural bait fishing

StandOut™ Hooks are also the ticket for natural bait fishermen, They allow people to use natural, and live bait like never before, greatly increasing the number of fish caught, because these hooks allow you to fish these baits in a way where the fish see, and smell the baits better, StandOut™ Hooks keep you baits off the bottom, out of the muck, and out of the snags, you determine how far off the bottom you want the bait, by the length of the line between the weight, and the hook. StandOut™ Hooks can be fished with a float on top of the water, even when you’re fishing right off the bottom. The weight anchors your float, and rig from drifting in current, or wind. When you cast to where the fish are, your rig stays there, your hook, and bait stays off the bottom, unlike regular fishing, when the hook is below the weight, so fewer snags, and you float shows the gentlest nibble, you just catch more fish.

More hook sets, easier catch and release

Since the StandOut™ Hooks are always straight up, the hook is always in the proper position for the fish to be hooked when it closes its mouthm, not lying sideways. This greatly increases the number of hooked fish, to the number of bites.

StandOut™ Hooks almost totally eliminate, gut hooked fish, because the hook is perpendicular to the fishing line, that line keeps the hook from going too far into the fish’s mouth, in most cases this also keeps the line from entering the fish’s mouth, so that you are rarely cut off from toothed fish biting the line in two.

Float Fishing with StandOut™ Hooks

When float fishing with natural baits, the StandOut™ Hooks greatly improve both presentation of the bait and hook set. By always keeping the hook in the upright position, even a dead minnow looks alive because the hook keeps the minnow from flipping on its side.

Keeping the bait off the bottom, where fish can easily see it results in many more bites, even from fish like blue catfish that primarily feed on the bottom. The StandOut™ Hook lets your bait stay where you cast it. Even in wind and current, the weight anchors the rig to the bottom so it stays put, yet the bobber still goes down on a bite.

Keeping the hook off the bottom eliminates many snags, keeps your bait out of the mud and weeds, and keeps it from falling into the cracks between rocks. When fishing in real deep water, if you don’t wish to use a slip float on the surface, you can clamp, a foot or two above the hook clamp a small float that is big enough to keep your bait up but not big enough to lift your weight off the bottom. For mid-water schooling fish you can always fish your bait way off the bottom. If where local laws allow, more than one hook can be tied on your line.

You can even fish for different species on the same rig at the same time. Hook a cricket, or worm on the bottom hook and a minnow on the top hook. Or try your favorite catfish bait on the bottom and a minnow above that for crappie or bass.

Daiichi® StandOut™ Hooks are available in Black Nickel and Red Alert™ finishes, in a range of sizes: #6, #4, #2, #1, 1/0, and 2/0, and as individual packs or combination kits.

Good fishing...

Rodney Long
Recoil Rig™ Inventor