Overview
The hover shot is an innovative new finesse technique quickly gaining popularity in Japan. Considered to be a deadly technique for targeting suspended fish, the Ryugi Hover Shot Hook resembles a panicked baitfish when paired with light line, a finesse swimbait or fluke, and a ‘strolling’ retrieve on slack line. When the fish are highly pressured, sometimes even a lightly weighted jig head can fall too quickly and force you to fish too fast. Hover Strolling allows the angler to still use a jig hook with a finesse swimbait, and work the upper portion of the water column slowly by adjusting the action and fall with the use of a small nail weight.
A special worm keeper positioned in the middle of the hook holds the main body of your finesse swimbait, and the 90-degree line tie is positioned to rest above the nose of your swimbait. Featuring a fine-wire construction and Ryugi’s proprietary TC Teflon coating, the Ryugi Hover Shot Hooks have a slick surface that allows you to set the hook with very little pressure.
Ryugi Japan Fishing Tackle has set out to make the best bass fishing hooks and terminal tackle on the market by questioning every aspect of design. Based out of Hyogo Japan, Ryugi stays on the forefront of cutting-edge tackle innovation by utilizing a field staff team comprised of Lake Biwa fishing guides, top Japanese tournament anglers, and even Bassmaster tournament pro Takumi Ito. The development staff at Ryugi believes fieldwork is indispensable, and aims to create products that reflect the ideas and understanding of their renowned field staff.
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Comments: This is a great technique, in my opinion. If you rig everything just right you get a nice, wide spiral on the fall and when you pull it up and give the reel a quarter crank. That said, the one problem I had with this hook is the baitkeeper. As soft as most plastics are nowadays it doesn't take much force to pull them off these hooks, which means you gotta check it after almost every single cast. Obviously a problem if you want to fish efficiently. I guess you could rig something on top of the little fluoro bait keeper they have on it, but why couldn't it be better right out of the package? On the plus side, the hook is very sharp.
From: David: NH 6/29/23
Comments: I tied up my first hook with 6 lb line and the hook broke while cinching the knot. Same thing happened with second hook. I put them away. Wouldn't trust them with a fish.
From: Unknown: 3/13/23
Comments: Very disappointed with the strength of the hooks themselves. I snapped one in half just tying a knot, so I figured it was just one faulty hook, and then continued to break two more on fish right after. Keep in mind I was using 10lb line on a light spinning rod and they still broke.
From: Unknown: 10/21/22