Alan Tyler
Well-known member
We "maturer" gents can look back through the mists of time to "Model Perfect" hooks whipped ( I think the term is "dubbed", north of the point at which "cort anyfing(k)?" becomes "Copped owt?") - er, sorry, - whipped onto nylon with red silk, supposed to make a worm presented on such a hook more attractive.
Thinking about it, it might have been Malloch's salmon hooks...
Anyhow, we were also advised by E. Marshall-Hardy in "Angling Ways" to paint our hooks green, to fish silkweed; or white, for hemping.
Others advised gilt hooks for crust, wheat and sweetcorn; and many rated the matt black of "blued" hooks way over the glittery "bronzed" finish.
Apart from whipping cream bug-thread onto hooks for hair-rigging cheese-paste (as much to give a bit of anchorage for the paste as to camouflage the hook), I haven't bothered much with these ideas myself.
Have I been missing out?
What's the current thinking?
And what experiments have you made, or habits clung on to?
Thinking about it, it might have been Malloch's salmon hooks...
Anyhow, we were also advised by E. Marshall-Hardy in "Angling Ways" to paint our hooks green, to fish silkweed; or white, for hemping.
Others advised gilt hooks for crust, wheat and sweetcorn; and many rated the matt black of "blued" hooks way over the glittery "bronzed" finish.
Apart from whipping cream bug-thread onto hooks for hair-rigging cheese-paste (as much to give a bit of anchorage for the paste as to camouflage the hook), I haven't bothered much with these ideas myself.
Have I been missing out?
What's the current thinking?
And what experiments have you made, or habits clung on to?
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