Matthew Nightingale (ACA)
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The only hook that I have confidence in for barbel fishing is the Kamasan Animal (barbless). Trouble is I'm mythering that their bright nickel finish will scare off the fish. Am I worrying needlessly?
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paul martin 7
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There are loads of good barbel hooks, it's down to your confidence in your present ones, you obviously are concerned so I would say change them for something else. I have started using Drennan barbel hooks, they are a matte grey, Ive had 2 barbel in 2 sessions plus chub so I have every confidence in them.
I think a fish recognising a hook for what is it is open to speculation (apart from when surface fishing when they obviously do)
I think a fish recognising a hook for what is it is open to speculation (apart from when surface fishing when they obviously do)
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Matthew could you not get a permanant black marker pen and give the hooks a dab over ?
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BAZ (Angel of the North)
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I use black hooks which I am happy with. I am not too sure if silver coloured hooks would make a difference or not, i.e bits of glass in the river etc.
Lee Swords
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It makes a difference, not a big one but a difference!
Drennan Super specialist for me (barbed)
Drennan Super specialist for me (barbed)
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Evan
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Two minutes work with a black spray can if you're concerned....
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Hold the hook in a pair of pliers and hold over a flame for a minute or 2 to dull them up.
Alan Tyler
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...but don't fish with them, because you'll have ruined their tempering!
If you're really worried, whip a bit of suitably coloured thread down the shank. Any fly-tying site or book will have the basics.
If you're really worried, whip a bit of suitably coloured thread down the shank. Any fly-tying site or book will have the basics.
Matthew Nightingale (ACA)
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I had toyed with the idea of painting them but wondered if I was being silly. What advantage is there in plating them anyway? Longevity isn't really an issue with hooks is it?
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Clive Evans 1
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I fish a lot with Braid.
Kamasan Animal are the only hooks I have ever straightened out against the no-stretch line.
Wont use them again.
John Bailey, fisherman and diver, reckons that silver hooks flash and spook, even at depth.
Kamasan Animal are the only hooks I have ever straightened out against the no-stretch line.
Wont use them again.
John Bailey, fisherman and diver, reckons that silver hooks flash and spook, even at depth.
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The Monk
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hooks only shine if they have something to shine off, like light, try dropping one in a fish tank
Matthew Nightingale (ACA)
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Clive,
You suprise me; as I've said above I've never had a problem with Animals. Might be because I use Maxima as my mainline with its good stretch qualities.
Have had 12lb barbel on size 10 Animals without a problem. Don't tend to go smaller though.
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You suprise me; as I've said above I've never had a problem with Animals. Might be because I use Maxima as my mainline with its good stretch qualities.
Have had 12lb barbel on size 10 Animals without a problem. Don't tend to go smaller though.
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Evan
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Size 10 I use Raptors... fantastic hooks, brutally strong, sharp and don't blunt. And non-reflective matt grey / black. Sorted.....
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Same as Evan for me, the T6 pattern in size 10 or the Drennans like Lee.
The T6 is a short shank hook, I've never had one straighten out on me.
The T6 is a short shank hook, I've never had one straighten out on me.
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Clive Evans 1
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Me too Mathew. Might have been a bad batch but, there's plenty of alternative hooks so why chance it?
I like the Drennans too, Lee.
I like the Drennans too, Lee.
Morespiders
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Drennans, Raptors, Animals, all v/good hooks used in the right circumstances, if you want them to really shine ,use Brasso.
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Some years ago I used to fish the Thames in winter and the best bait was small cubes of bread crust put onto a gold hook. Daft as sounds you never got a bite if you changed the colour of the hook, I will admit the river had a bit of colour to it, and that may of been factor. So maybe it's a simple case of camorflage between the bait and the river colour?
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it shouldn't matter if you hook is shiny unless you are hair rigging where you can see the hook otherwise it should be coverd in bait.
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Bully
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When I last went to Bury Hill, fishing off a boat, I was plumbing up (swan 2 inches from shiny hook). As I watched the float settle.....boom, away it went. I struck without thinking (obviously) even though I had no bait on.
Result - 21lb mirror, or common
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Explain that one? It was no way an accidental foul hook....
Result - 21lb mirror, or common
) Explain that one? It was no way an accidental foul hook....
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yoggy
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Personally I dont think it makes any difference whatsoever.