So I love the frog and everything about it except one thing. The silicon band that holds the trailer hook on sucks (insert whatevers clever here). Should I try to snell the hooks together or is there some other more practical solution. There is already 1 too many bass floating around with a huge trailer hook stuck in it's face for my liking so some help would be appreciated! 
I see two schools of thought on the trailer hook. Some guys like it to swing freely so they use the rubber gasket/tubing to just keep it from backing itself off the main hook. Other guys like the hook to stay in a fixed position and will often use aquarium tubing to hold it in place. You can find examples of both on Youtube.
I'm pretty sure I'm smart enough to put the gasket one after the hook so that's a silly question. 
The tubing that they give me for it is super cheap and too stretchy.
I think I will try the aquarium tubing and see how that goes!
If anyone has any other ideas let me know.
The tubing that they give me for it is super cheap and too stretchy.
I think I will try the aquarium tubing and see how that goes!
If anyone has any other ideas let me know.
Appreciate the good humored response. The intent was certainly not to question your smarts but how you were rigging it. It's still not clear to me but it sounds like you like your trailer in a fixed position. Here's a link to a video that shows several different methods.
http://youtu.be/Fmt8AAfu89o
http://youtu.be/Fmt8AAfu89o
I don't get easily offended. 
Thanks for the video! Yeah having it in one fixed place would be nice. The product is actually faulty though. The trailer band is too stretchy and cheap so that if a fish were to thrash just a little he could pull the trailer hook right off.
Thanks for the video! Yeah having it in one fixed place would be nice. The product is actually faulty though. The trailer band is too stretchy and cheap so that if a fish were to thrash just a little he could pull the trailer hook right off. 
I have never had a problem with the trailer hook pulling off. The silicone or clear tubing holds the hook in place. I believe your problem is allowing slack in the line. If the line is tight the hook could not pull off even without a piece of tubing.
Tight lines...
Tight lines...
It's not a good frog for heavy pads and vegetation but the little flaps help keep it from tangling most of the time. I tend to like to throw it in light areas of pads near the grass or it does get stuck. I'm not really sure your grasping the issue here. The little tube that they give you is made out of some rubbery material that's too stretchy and slides over the barb.
