wes79
Well-known member
For a while I've had a few packs of spade hooks lying around and set about trying to make some simple hook lengths with them and use them for general purpose/paste or bread.
I've watched video's on YT to get the tying method right and what ever I do when ever I come to tighten the whipping of line round the shank or hold the hook using forceps pulling the line with the other hand the damn line snaps off to easy, most of the time leaving the whipping of line attached to the hook.
Looking at the knot is fine and pinching the first wrap around with my fingers at the start is easy enough but when it comes to tighten the first few wrap arounds when I'm about to feed the tag through the hoop and tighten they are visibly the most slack and I cannot get that "out of the packet" uniform wrap around all the way down, even have to bully the line to run straight & direct it past the spade the right way on the hook as the knots have a tendancy to end up leaving the line where the spade can easily cut through the line if you get me drift.
I don't want to bin the hooks, they look strong enough for what I want to use them for, very sharp so otherwise happy with that part justr need to have complete trust in using them otherwise pretty pointless.
do I need to buy a gadget or do I need some help/tip on technique?
Cheers & Beers
I've watched video's on YT to get the tying method right and what ever I do when ever I come to tighten the whipping of line round the shank or hold the hook using forceps pulling the line with the other hand the damn line snaps off to easy, most of the time leaving the whipping of line attached to the hook.
Looking at the knot is fine and pinching the first wrap around with my fingers at the start is easy enough but when it comes to tighten the first few wrap arounds when I'm about to feed the tag through the hoop and tighten they are visibly the most slack and I cannot get that "out of the packet" uniform wrap around all the way down, even have to bully the line to run straight & direct it past the spade the right way on the hook as the knots have a tendancy to end up leaving the line where the spade can easily cut through the line if you get me drift.
I don't want to bin the hooks, they look strong enough for what I want to use them for, very sharp so otherwise happy with that part justr need to have complete trust in using them otherwise pretty pointless.
do I need to buy a gadget or do I need some help/tip on technique?
Cheers & Beers
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