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binka
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There's been a couple of threads recently about hook choices and I'm talking in general terms here and not in relation to giant carp or hook 'n hold barbel etc.
Can I say something on hook choice in general which I think has something to do with many a lost fish and which I've been meaning to say for some time but have struggled to find the words?
My own personal opinion, born from my own experience of losing many a head shaking and notorious for the act big perch, is that we occasionally fish hooks which are too fine a wire for the job in hand because they have become the standard.
My own justification for this observation being the standard wide gape Kamasan B911 with worm for afore mentioned stripey.
I lost way too many fish on fine(er) wire hooks before moving on to the 'X' versions where the problem all but eradicated itself.
So what's the conclusion?
Well, on all but a couple of memorable occasions on the finer wire the hook has appeared to be of its original shape after a lost fish but I genuinely believe that there is some returnable 'give' which bounces open the point when the pulls are so close together, enough to still return to the original position whilst allowing enough for the gape to open and the fish be lost.
A bit like earthquakes where solid ground liquefies and buildings sink because the shocks are so close together, before returning to solid ground.
A long shot?
Well, I'm struggling to find an alternative explanation for my own drastic reduction in losses after changing 'up' to stronger hooks.
Don't get me wrong...
The fine wires have their place such as a slower rate of fall when fishing on the drop but has 'standard' become a bit of a buyer beware in relation to the above?
Can I say something on hook choice in general which I think has something to do with many a lost fish and which I've been meaning to say for some time but have struggled to find the words?
My own personal opinion, born from my own experience of losing many a head shaking and notorious for the act big perch, is that we occasionally fish hooks which are too fine a wire for the job in hand because they have become the standard.
My own justification for this observation being the standard wide gape Kamasan B911 with worm for afore mentioned stripey.
I lost way too many fish on fine(er) wire hooks before moving on to the 'X' versions where the problem all but eradicated itself.
So what's the conclusion?
Well, on all but a couple of memorable occasions on the finer wire the hook has appeared to be of its original shape after a lost fish but I genuinely believe that there is some returnable 'give' which bounces open the point when the pulls are so close together, enough to still return to the original position whilst allowing enough for the gape to open and the fish be lost.
A bit like earthquakes where solid ground liquefies and buildings sink because the shocks are so close together, before returning to solid ground.
A long shot?
Well, I'm struggling to find an alternative explanation for my own drastic reduction in losses after changing 'up' to stronger hooks.
Don't get me wrong...
The fine wires have their place such as a slower rate of fall when fishing on the drop but has 'standard' become a bit of a buyer beware in relation to the above?