cjchen Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) i love casting ZX for flatties and under schools of tailor for scavenger fish... one of my best sessions was on casting ZX40 underneath a school of small tailor.after a bit of researching i started to make my own assist hooks.palomar knot to the split ring20lb braid, coloured with red marker snell knot to gamakatsu octopus hook, size 8 brown elastic string from ebay, [use for jewelery] 1 turn uni knot can be used for the feelers to the split ring, as well as the legs. below is DIY , looks exactly the same! Edited September 3, 2014 by cjchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Ive been making them on decoys size 8 super sticky dont bother putting anything fancy on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 ZX's are great - Do you use two different size hooks as per the original set up when making up your replacements. Sure beats forking out $12 for a pack of two. Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefish Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Nice work, this is how it starts. Are you making any lures or other bits and pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjchen Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) Nice work, this is how it starts. Are you making any lures or other bits and pieces? not really mate, unless you count colouring in your lures with permanent markers/ nail polish... lol ZX's are great - Do you use two different size hooks as per the original set up when making up your replacements. Sure beats forking out $12 for a pack of two. Cheers Blood Knot nah i stick to the size 8, slightly a bit bigger, better hookups. Edited September 4, 2014 by cjchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubsjh Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) I buy mine from eBay. Works out about a dollar each. Edited September 5, 2014 by Dubsjh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii11x Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 i love casting ZX for flatties and under schools of tailor for scavenger fish... one of my best sessions was on casting ZX40 underneath a school of small tailor. after a bit of researching i started to make my own assist hooks. palomar knot to the split ring 20lb braid, coloured with red marker IMG-20140903-WA0003.jpeg snell knot to gamakatsu octopus hook, size 8 20140903_193814.jpg brown elastic string from ebay, [use for jewelery] IMG-20140903-WA0005.jpeg 1 turn uni knot can be used for the feelers to the split ring, as well as the legs. IMG-20140903-WA0007.jpeg below is DIY , looks exactly the same! mate, that elastic string is exactly what im looking for. i have a few ecogear px40 but the strings are gone on some. any chance you could pm the details of the string and ebay seller??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemmm Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 not really mate, unless you count colouring in your lures with permanent markers/ nail polish... lol I've always been worried about using nail polish. Does the smell eventually disappear? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I've always been worried about using nail polish. Does the smell eventually disappear? Dave Interesting comment about nail polish - I had a zx that had badly chipped paintwork (usually loose them before they get to that stage) . So I re coloured it with black and yellow nail polish and it started catching fish after fish right from the get go. Think there was a post in here somewhere of me pulling a blackfish on it - have bought a dozen or so new ones since but this was still a go to lure. So would not worry too much about the smell of nail polish. Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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