We designed these lures to ensure that we were only improving upon what was already offered by traditional lures.

Hook-up potential remains the same as any traditional rig as they function identical to any normal skirted lure.

Our 2nd generation lures and their components are extremely durable meaning they will last many years with proper care.

While control sleeves are extremely durable and can often be re-rigged numerous times after catching many fish, they are still considered a disposable component.

We have worked hard to simplify the process resulting in a system that is easier than most traditional rigging methods.

Our control sleeves fit both ring eye and needle eye hooks, have attached rigging guides for perfect crimp positioning every time, and eliminate the need for heat shrink to hold your hook in position.

refer to the Hypertension Rigging Video

Hypertension lures should not require any more re-rigging than any other lure. They may even require less as a result of the protection gained by using the control sleeves which eliminate the need to use heat shrink.

Generally re-rigging is required due to fish rubbing up the length of the leader after a prolonged fight. Not as a result of control sleeve damage.

Water pressure at the face of the lure is significantly less than most people think.

The springs within the lure heads and conversion units have been carefully selected to provide sufficient counter force off of the stop crimp to negate hookset curling under trolling conditions.

There is infinite number of variables when it comes to hook-up success in game fishing, making it impossible to put a number on this. However, we have had enormous success across a range of species during testing and we are confident you will experience greater success on these lures.

These lures are extremely effective on all species, including many Tuna species and Mahi-Mahi. We have even seen successful Wahoo and Mackerel captures as a result of the outside-in hook-up, which allows the line to remain clear of sharp teeth.

Be aware control sleeves are not full proof against line cutting from razor toothed species. However, our hooksets can be rigged with braided wire without issue.

We like to run our lures between 6 and 15 knots depending on the lure profiles you are running. Like any lures, you need to adapt your running speeds dependent on current, surface conditions and running positions.

Every fight is different and every fish is different depending on where the hook is set, the species of fish etc. You may find your sleeve is destroyed after 1 fish (rare) or you may get 10 before it needs replacing.

A need to re-rig does not constitute the control sleeve needing to be replaced.

There are a number of reasons why this may happen.

1. The control sleeve will expand as a result of water absorption after first use. This results in compression of the sleeve by the stopper crimp. Tis is normal and is easily fixed without the need to re-rig the lure. If you notice this, simply remove the expansion node at the top of the control sleeve to regain the space required for the sleeve to straighten. Refer to the rigging page for more detail.

2. There may be the odd occasion where a fish hits your lure and causes the stopper crimp to slip down the line and compress the sleeve (causing a permanent curl) if not crimped tight enough. If this happens, you can sometimes reposition the crimp to the correct height and crimp it tighter. If not, you will need to re-rig the lure.

3. If your lure is stored with a bend in the control sleeve, it will retain some memory. Provided there is no mechanical force compressing the control sleeve causing it to curl, the force of the water when trolled should be sufficient to straighten the sleeve and not effect lure action.

We recommend you store your lures with your hooksets laying as straight as possible.

The control sleeves with fit most hooks within reason of what is suitable to run with the relative lure.

Extremely heavy gauged ring eye hooks may be too large to fit into the sleeve, or hooks with enormous barbs may be difficult to pull through the base of the sleeve.

As a rule of thumb, if the hook does not fit the sleeve, it is probably not the right hook to be using.

Unlike many other 3D printed lures on the market, Hypertension heads are printed in thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) which has extremely good layer adhesion and overall durability. We believe our heads are equally, if not more durable than resin lures.

We also think Bill rash and tooth marks are an awesome battle scar on any lure. Send us pics of your used and abused Hypertension lures for our Instagram!

No. Jagging is the act of indiscriminately jerking a hook or treble of hooks through a fish in the hope of snagging the fish.

Just like any other lure, our lures require the fish to actively attack the lure under its its own will, with the aim of hooking the fish in the mouth.

Hypertension hooksets in fact eliminate the need to run multi-hook rigs such as twin hook hooksets or trebles which are far more likely to cause significant injury to the fish or the angler.