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DIY Flat Sinkers

Make sinkers that stay on the bottom

  • Updated: June 9, 2018

Materials/Tools

  • Egg sinkers, variety of sizes
  • Sturdy long-shank hooks, sized to sinker
  • Side cutters and a hammer
DIY Flat Sinkers
1. Choose a hook with a shank slightly longer than the egg sinker and clip the hook, just beyond the start of the bend. Illustrations by Steve Sanford
DIY Flat Sinkers
2. Insert the hook shank into the egg sinker. Hook shanks with barbs hold best if you can locate the right size. Illustrations by Steve Sanford
DIY Flat Sinkers
3. Hammer the sinker flat so the hook shank is secured inside. Illustrations by Steve Sanford
DIY Flat Sinkers
4. To make a slip sinker, use only the straight part of the hook shank, then place the flattened sinker in a vise and use pliers to pull the hook shank out. Illustrations by Steve Sanford
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