The price of hooks

[thecrow]

You obviously are quoting from the korda blurb mate lol,I'm the same when barbel fishing,but,if your rig is not correct on the day in question,it won't matter how sharp your hook is cos they'll drop it anyway.

Nail on head imo.

 

[steve2]

I find all hooks are sharp enough now unlike the 60's and 70's when time was spent with a sharpening stone trying to get a sharp point.

 

[108831]

Some modern hooks lose their points very easily,in fact a few of the drennan range do,some dont,I think it's more a lucky bream when this happens.

 

[benny samways]

Nail on head imo.

Hmmmm, there is some crossed wires here.

Of course the rig has to be right blah blah.

I dont even use Korda hooks and wont be buying the gamagazus or whatever they are.

For self hooking rigs you want the sharpest hook you can. That is all.

 

[thecrow]

For self hooking rigs you want the sharpest hook you can. That is all.

Sorry cannot agree, there comes a point when anything beyond the sharpness that is required to penetrate the mouth of a fish becomes redundant and nothing more than another selling point for Korda. A sharp hook is required no matter what an angler is fishing for, super duper sharp is not.

I have to wonder how any fish were ever caught when the hair rig was first used considering that the hooks were never as sharp as todays hooks are or how I caught on self sharpened hooks that I am sure were not as sharp as what I now use.

 

[maggot_dangler]

I have given up on most hooks now , I only use Guru MWG or LWG now .
I find that mot hooks are blunt after a couple of perch but found the Guru ones stay sharp the longest as someone else said the moment they donbt go straight into a moggot with out being forced thru they get changed it is way to easy to loose fish due to duff hooks

PG ...

 

[iain t]

Thought i try to see how long i can catch with the same hook over the last 48 hrs. Size 14 Animal hook to nylon that costs 16p. I kept the same hook but refreshed the hook length a few times. 2 x Rivers mixed bottoms, 1 x Stillwater with a silty bottom. 32 fish with a mix of Rudd, Tench and Carp on Stillwater. Hook still sharp. Still caught me out a few times by hooking myself. Ist River. Sandy to stone bottom. 18 fish Carp, Trout a few Roach. Due to the stoney bottom and weed, the hook had started to lose its edge. 2nd River Stoney and weedy again. 20 fish mix of Rudd, Roach and Bream. So one hook gave me a sack of 70 fish. At the end of the sessions, the hook was pretty dull and more noticeable due to losing more fish. I put this mainly down to the stoney bottom or the Rivers. I would normally change a hook once or twice per session or when needed. So i suppose 16p ain't bad to last me that long.

 

[markcw]

I have given up on most hooks now , I only use Guru MWG or LWG now .
I find that mot hooks are blunt after a couple of perch but found the Guru ones stay sharp the longest as someone else said the moment they donbt go straight into a moggot with out being forced thru they get changed it is way to easy to loose fish due to duff hooks

PG ...

I use the same hooks and always have a box of sticking plasters with me, The QM hooks are deadly, Tubertini 808 hooks are also a good sharp hook.

 

[davebhoy]

I use the same hooks and always have a box of sticking plasters with me, The QM hooks are deadly, Tubertini 808 hooks are also a good sharp hook.

The QM hooks are excellent, although I had one straighten last week. It was a size 14 and a 10lb bream though and I still managed to net it

 

[maggot_dangler]

I use the same hooks and always have a box of sticking plasters with me, The QM hooks are deadly, Tubertini 808 hooks are also a good sharp hook.

Yep ok on the QM hooks nasty things to extract from your finger been there ouchh!!! but i have to say i have tried the Tubertini 808 and was not too impressed with them i also prefer a dark coloured hook inste4ad of the shiny things .

I see the forum barfs on the CORRECT way of spelling Colour nuff said ..

No sticking plasters i am allergic to them but *OG ROLL and masking tape is fine .. ..


PG ...

 

[markcw]

Yep ok on the QM hooks nasty things to extract from your finger been there ouchh!!! but i have to say i have tried the Tubertini 808 and was not too impressed with them i also prefer a dark coloured hook inste4ad of the shiny things .

I see the forum barfs on the CORRECT way of spelling Colour nuff said ..

No sticking plasters i am allergic to them but *OG ROLL and masking tape is fine .. ..


PG ...

Try the b911 F1 hooks, sharp and good hook hold. I use 808's for corn and pellet,

 

[maggot_dangler]

Try the b911 F1 hooks, sharp and good hook hold. I use 808's for corn and pellet,

Ok thanks i will have to try them soon when i get out again not fished much recently sort of under the weather by a good margin ..

PG ..

 

[Richox12]

I would suspect that economies of scale will come into it somewhere. I'd expect the average sea fishing hook to be saleable pretty much anywhere in the world. They'll be lucky to sell the average uk maggot hook is not likely to find much of a market beyond the UK and definitely not beyond western europe.

Exactly that. Many countries in the world will use an Aberdeen type hook or similar. How many use a B911 ??

 

[108831]

The QM hooks are excellent, although I had one straighten last week. It was a size 14 and a 10lb bream though and I still managed to net it

Sounds like a duff hook mate to me,the other week I had seven double figure carp to 16lb+ on size 18 qm1's and I was fairly hard on them,as they were on me...

 

[Specihunter]

Decent sea hooks aren't cheap and kamasan now to keep the price the same per size. Reduce the number of hooks per packet, the bigger the hook the less you get.