I find licking and squeezing flat over the hook sometimes creates a tangle,so I prefer no licking cutting one in half and basically hook it on dry. What's your penny's worth?

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One thing I have found with nuggets is that if you're using a hook bead of any sort, a foam nugget WILL make it move.

On the end of my bell.

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People would be very surprised how many times they dont melt away, you pull it of when getting your rod out...

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One nugget cut in half (tight lol). Cut down the centre 50% of the way through, un cut ends takes the hook point, lick two tabs and squeeze together at the back of the shank

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Lol...was expecting an answer like that

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Like a pro 😁

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Has to be perfect every time, my OCD

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I always make sure it pops to the surface.

I find these packing nuggets so hit and miss. I would never fold one round the hook. As I would never be sure it would come of. Even sticking two together round the hook I would never be to sure about. The only full proof way I found was to stick two in some funnel Webb type pva mesh tie it of like you would a bag. And the with a baiting needle thread it down the hooklenght like you would a mesh bag and pull the hook between the two nuggets. Pops to the surface every time.

I used these for years , I thought they were crucial . One day I left them at home . I caught well that day , after that I realised I didn't need them. The only thing I still use them for (hardly ever) is zig rigs

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Julian Cundiff showed me a good way on a YouTube video, that's what I've been doing it involves using two of them,it's the video on how to tie the multi rig.

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You have to look after your nuggets,so they don't get squashed I keep mine in a Tupperware pot

I'll never hook a nugget or squeeze one onto a hook with these water temperatures. In the winter I prefer to put 2 nuggets into a small funnel web bag and Nick the bag onto the hook. Pops to the surface every time, and doesn't make the rig spin like a squashed piece of foam.

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Forgotten when I last used a nugget.
I found they often didn't dissolve or break away. Just as a test, dropped a hook with a nugget lick and stick in water overnight. It was still attached to the hook in the morning.

I wonder how many people are actually fishing a zig without knowing...