Wishbone
IntermediateAlso called Wishbone snood
A forked snood presenting two baits close together, often one worm and one strip. A scent and a meal in the same place.
Two baits as one target for a fish that wants a mouthful.
A forked snood and two hooks that must sit almost touching. Easy to tie badly — long legs wrap. Not a clip, not a pendulum, but presentation is fussy.
Diagram
When to use
When you want a cocktail in one mouthful — worm and squid, crab and squid — for a ray, a hound or a fussy bass.
Rays, hounds, a fussy bass. Mixed baits.
Ground and marks
Beach, Estuary. Ground: sand, mixed, mud.
When you want a cocktail in one mouthful — worm and squid, crab and squid — for a ray, a hound or a fussy bass.
Fork legs longer than 4–5 inches. A three-hook flapper job. A first-night tying session in the rain.
A bit of tide to carry the scent of the cocktail. Slack water still fishes if the bait is on the sand.
Marks: Beach, Estuary. Ground: sand, mixed, mud.
Two short legs off one snood, two matched hooks, two baits almost touching. Cast as a single bait. If they wrap, shorten the fork.
Hooks 1–3/0. Lead: 4–6 oz.
One snood of 25–40 lb splitting into two 3–5 in legs. Two matched hooks. Can sit on a pulley, a running ledger or a clipped-down. Elastic if the cocktail is loose.
How to tie it
- 01Two short legs off one snood, two hooks, two baits almost touching.