Tee-Cee
Senior Member
This is not a major problem as I am still hooking and landing fish but on occasion(more than I really want)I am losing fish some minutes after hooking when I would least expect it to happen...
I am using 10lb Kryston Silkworm,Korda Kurv shank hooks size 4 and the knotless knot to give the hair.The hair length is about 25mm and I am winding the Silkworm around the shank 7 turns which may well be insufficient as more turns would keep the hair closer to the hook shank and improve hooking(?).
I am of the opinion that a hair attached to the bend of the hook(and therefore directly below the hook)would be far better as the hook would be sucked in more readily(?) but I can appreciate the Knotless Knot for its ease of tying etc....I just wonder if the fish is sucking in the hook properly ....
Perhaps a longer hair might help....?
Bait is invariably a boilie 12/14mm but sometimes a cork ball covered in paste is used.
Bites are very positive with most being screaming runs without any previous warning and hooking initially never fails,but as I say fish come off...........
Any comments from users of similar set-ups where the K Knot is used would be most welcome...I think I may well be doing something badly that needs tweaking!
Thanks!
I am using 10lb Kryston Silkworm,Korda Kurv shank hooks size 4 and the knotless knot to give the hair.The hair length is about 25mm and I am winding the Silkworm around the shank 7 turns which may well be insufficient as more turns would keep the hair closer to the hook shank and improve hooking(?).
I am of the opinion that a hair attached to the bend of the hook(and therefore directly below the hook)would be far better as the hook would be sucked in more readily(?) but I can appreciate the Knotless Knot for its ease of tying etc....I just wonder if the fish is sucking in the hook properly ....
Perhaps a longer hair might help....?
Bait is invariably a boilie 12/14mm but sometimes a cork ball covered in paste is used.
Bites are very positive with most being screaming runs without any previous warning and hooking initially never fails,but as I say fish come off...........
Any comments from users of similar set-ups where the K Knot is used would be most welcome...I think I may well be doing something badly that needs tweaking!
Thanks!
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