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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA-Life Member)
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I want to go back to the late 60s and early 70s when I was doing a lot of carp fishing. At that time in the UK, most carp anglers were following the Walker methodology, ie freelining and even trying to hit twitchers.
In SA we were chucking out 3 and 4 ounce leads to the horizon or rowing out rigs with boats. There were even a few anglers with radio controlled bait boats then.
Rigs were not designed to be sensitive. The were designed such that the fish hooked themselves.
What contributed to the success of these rigs was a deeply incurved hook - a "bent hook" in fact. I don't use hooks like this these days because from past experience they damage fish.
I have just had the latest Leslies of Luton catalogue through the post. In it it lists the Owner Mutu light Circle Hook.
Now this is virtually identical to the style of hook we were using nearly 40 years ago in South Africa.
What do you think? Are they harmful to fish?
Big Rik? Cakey? Monk?
In SA we were chucking out 3 and 4 ounce leads to the horizon or rowing out rigs with boats. There were even a few anglers with radio controlled bait boats then.
Rigs were not designed to be sensitive. The were designed such that the fish hooked themselves.
What contributed to the success of these rigs was a deeply incurved hook - a "bent hook" in fact. I don't use hooks like this these days because from past experience they damage fish.
I have just had the latest Leslies of Luton catalogue through the post. In it it lists the Owner Mutu light Circle Hook.
Now this is virtually identical to the style of hook we were using nearly 40 years ago in South Africa.
What do you think? Are they harmful to fish?
Big Rik? Cakey? Monk?