FBR™ tips

If you desire to have your hooks stand straight out rigid. Jam a small piece of tooth pick in the sleeves end near hook and push it up into sleeve. Then pull on line till it sets hook rigid. Do not put toothpick in top of sleeve as that will compress sleeve and causes it to take a twirly effect.

If you experience a line twist problem the use keel weights in front of bead chain and that will prevent any line twist from going up and twisting main line. This also drops your rig slightly under water so the sea gulls can't steal your bait while hooking up your downrigger clip to line. I prefer 1 1/2 oz bead chain keel weights.

The Herring head FBR has 2 sets of pin holes so you can choose which hole set to use for better bait holding.

Softie FBR pin holes can be relocated back father when necessary. If the size of the anchovy is causing you to put pin through eye area.

You can ad prism tapes to dress up your FBR to your own style.

FBR softie wings need to be flapped out for best rotation. Prior to using it out of the package where the wings may have taken a set laying back, insert your finger into the softie to see if wings flare out properly. If they are laying back the bend the wing some until they take a flare set when inserting finger for best rotation.

Make sure you knot is pulled down tight on your hook and bead chain before using it. How to tell if your knot is tight. Grab line near hooks eye with the hooks eye held horizontal and if the knot is tight the hook will stick straight out. If it flips down then the knot is loose. Check bead chain end also. Recommend at least a minimum of 1/8 inch of tag line where clipped at hook and bead chain when knot is tight. No short tag clips.

Check line for nicks after each fish especially near hooks end.

Clip wings off some, if you like a slower rotation.

Lubricate your bead chains from time to time and wash with fresh water. Replace if they get all salted up and corroded looking.

The FBR full brass pin sizes recommended for FBR regular and softies is 16 X 3/4 all brass and 16 by 11/4 for herring head available from Orchards hardware.

Stick on eyes and prism tape are available at you well stocked tackle stores.

You can cut sleeves to match bait length to keep the bend of the hook at the end of the tail. Keep the cut off piece in case you later need a longer sleeve.

All FBR are rigged with 30 pound test P-Line CXX Xtra strong. Check line for nicks after a big battle, even tho you should be able to catch quite a few salmon before retying because the line is protected by sleeve from nicks.

It's not necessary to use Flashers and Dodgers with the FBR™

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