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Sasuteki weight
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 11:42 pm
by Kravetz
Just wonder if anyone has come up with a homemade weight to sasuteki rig yet.
Re: Sasuteki weight
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:10 am
by mark poulson
You can use drop shot weights, threaded onto the hook point before you texpose the plastic.
Re: Sasuteki weight
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:21 am
by Kravetz
Hadn't thought of that thanx, I'm thinking that would also work for an internal weighted tube
Re: Sasuteki weight
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:34 am
by mark poulson
Kravetz wrote:Hadn't thought of that thanx, I'm thinking that would also work for an internal weighted tube
I don't know. You'd probably have to use the same kind of retainer as used for trailer hooks, since there isn't much plastic in a tube wall.
I use heavier drop shot weights (1/2 oz and up) for bubba shotting. I just open the line tie a little, and tie the weight onto the tag end with a clinch knot, since it's going into some really heavy cover.
Re: Sasuteki weight
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 9:15 am
by Kravetz
I was thinking of somehow epoxying some sort of wire eyelet into a tungsten punch weight
Re: Sasuteki weight
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 10:41 pm
by mark poulson
Kravetz wrote:I was thinking of somehow epoxying some sort of wire eyelet into a tungsten punch weight
I wouldn't use expensive tungsten punch weitht to experiment with.
If you're going to modify a bullet weight, why not experiment with an old lead bullet weight, which is cheaper and easier to modify. You can drill out the hole a little and push your wire all the way through, and bend tabs down onto each side of the nose like a cotter pin, and then glue the wire in place with super glue.
Parasite weights make a tungsten weight that might work for you:
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/searchre ... perpage=20
Re: Sasuteki weight
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 6:57 am
by Johnny A
Kravetz wrote:Just wonder if anyone has come up with a homemade weight to sasuteki rig yet.
This?
viewtopic.php?f=51&t=59468&p=474335&hilit=skip#p474335
Re: Sasuteki weight
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:16 pm
by Kravetz
Thanx that’s exactly what I was thinking
Re: Sasuteki weight
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:33 pm
by mark poulson
That's a clever idea! Thanks for sharing.