barbelboi
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Almost a year ago Bury Hill Fisheries banned the use of treble hooks
Bury Hill fisheries have now banned treble hooks | Coarse Fisheries News | Angling Times | Gofishing UK
To me this in an interesting topic of discussion for the following reasons:
During the late 60’s and the 70’s (until Marlow Weir was removed from the Thames Weir Ticket Permit) a few of us used to regularly fish there for all the usual species – including pike. We used a method that was completely different to Alfred Jardine’s Snap-Tackle (Oops, sorry Alfie) method. We made our own traces incorporating one single hook, this was used in conjunction with a rolling ledger, with the live bait lip hooked. Once dropped into the water, literally beneath your feet, you could almost guarantee a ‘bite’ as soon as the ledger hit the bottom. The difference to traditional methods where you let the fish ‘run’ was that you struck immediately and the fish was always hooked in the ‘scissors’. Because the pike fishing was so good there we never tried it on other waters so I cannot comment personally and since the Weir disappeared from the ticket I have, apart from a few lure sessions, restricted my colder weather fishing to most of the usual suspects apart from pike.
I believe that treble hooks were still used for carp fishing up to **** Walker’s time and are still in common use in other countries today, particularly the USA.
Bury Hill fisheries have now banned treble hooks | Coarse Fisheries News | Angling Times | Gofishing UK
To me this in an interesting topic of discussion for the following reasons:
During the late 60’s and the 70’s (until Marlow Weir was removed from the Thames Weir Ticket Permit) a few of us used to regularly fish there for all the usual species – including pike. We used a method that was completely different to Alfred Jardine’s Snap-Tackle (Oops, sorry Alfie) method. We made our own traces incorporating one single hook, this was used in conjunction with a rolling ledger, with the live bait lip hooked. Once dropped into the water, literally beneath your feet, you could almost guarantee a ‘bite’ as soon as the ledger hit the bottom. The difference to traditional methods where you let the fish ‘run’ was that you struck immediately and the fish was always hooked in the ‘scissors’. Because the pike fishing was so good there we never tried it on other waters so I cannot comment personally and since the Weir disappeared from the ticket I have, apart from a few lure sessions, restricted my colder weather fishing to most of the usual suspects apart from pike.
I believe that treble hooks were still used for carp fishing up to **** Walker’s time and are still in common use in other countries today, particularly the USA.