Jason_Sullivan,
Can you explain how these chain hooks are used. Do you usually attach something to the clasp at the top, like a buckshot rattle spoon? Or, do you just tie your line to the clasp?
I saw a new technique last weekend being used, that looked rather promising. It consisted of a buckshot rattle spoon tied to the line with the treble removed. Then a 6-8″ piece of line was tied to the split-ring with a plain hook on the end. It seemed to work great on the perch. I noticed that while I was jigging just the buckshot rattle with a treble, the perch would just look at it, or bump it. And, I was having good luck with just a plain hook. Putting the two together, rattle to attract, and plain hook to deceive seems like a great idea. Maybe this is the same idea with the hali chain.
Lars