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having a hook size rule in my opinion is pointless (sic) because most manufacturers have their own sizes.... and one companies 10 is another's 8 or some such... so what is the point of having a rule to regulate hooksizes when the manufacturers hooksizes are non standard

Given the lack of bailiff attendance on some waters I have to question any rules on some of these commercials... one venue I used to use the bloke came round took the money and wobbled off... no rig checks at all and it seems that a lot of waters are the same... just what is the point in having a nicely painted board with a carefully drawn up list of rules designed to protect the fish's welfare when the bailiff chuggs round on a quad and can't even be bothered to get off the quad to take your cash let alone check your rigs

Ghostship is a lovely pint, even in cans or bottles it is pretty decent, also love the copperhouse gin that's quite moreish

Those new ESP Trig-Hammers look the one for long shank ronnies mate.

I've been. Meaning to try a longshank for my Ronaldinho rig, I have to say I like the results

I'm normally pretty good when it comes to following rules but I will admit that I'll ignore a barbless hooks rule if I think I can get away with it, particularly on weedy waters. Barbless and weed do not mix, it's madness imo.

On most club waters and day tickets leaders are banned due to the standard of angler. Many cannot be trusted to use such items of tackle safely. On most half decent syndicates, that vet their members, they are allowed. I agree. For me it should be the anglers misusing such items of tackle that should be banned, not the items of tackle themselves.

Yeah I do like the look of those ones but haven't got any in stock and I have a good few bank longshanks 😁 They sharpen up quite nicely though and I've got faith in the pattern which helps, I've used them for wafters and snowman rigs and Multi rigs too and every fish I've hooked has been nailed so far,

Don’t like it myself lol for the same reason might as well just go whole hog and get a kamasan b.... and well you know lol

Same water as above max hook size is an 8 but I don’t mind you going up to a 7 or a 6 lol WHY !!

They have recently reduced the abv on the bottles of westons I think not quite as mind blowing these days, you used to really know when you had more than a couple great stuff 😁

I agree with some of your points, some rig pieces sold by manufacturers in my view are not safe, and should not be used. Thing is though tackle manufacturers need to make money, if everything is the same from every manufacturer/brand then the choice may only be the brand you use. However as others have said, sometimes rules are put in place on 'hearsay' rather than fact, but on others are to combat the 'idiot factor'. Yonny and I disagree on barbless hooks in weed, our opinions; I think that at times barbless hooks are safer, and get better hookholds. I can't recall losing many fish in a weedy water with barbless hooks, but I can recall one hookpull at Earith where I did follow rules. The same rig landed a fish later in the session. It was a size 8 barbless Carp-R-Us Nailer. I honestly think that I had hooked the fish too far forward in the mouth, and under pressure it pulled. I also think I did not have the fish feeding comfortably, not enough bait around the hook. Rig design with barbless hooks is very important, I personally think you need an extended shank, either a longshank hook with an inturned eye, or an extension with tubing and preferably a line aligner. This is where we come to the 'think for yourself' and tackle manufacturers. Too many anglers I believe, just follow fashion or fads rather than thinking about their fishing, and manufacturers with their adverts, dvd's or blogs often continue this 'sheep thinking'. I have a big dislike of leaders used improperly, with lead clips that don't release the lead, anything that puts fish at risk.

That's the ones, i wouldn't call them a one fish/cast hook like i have seen written about them, they are definitely sharpened to the max once dull there is no room for a tidy up.

I look at the situation, half the rules these days go against fish safety. Take the estate lake for instance, maximum size 8 barbless hooks. Loads of snags and pads present and the fish fight hard. No wonder a lot of them have awful mouth damage. A size 8 tears out much easier than a size 4. I ignored the barbless & hook size rule. I only lost 4 fish due to proper hook pulls (2 of which were snagged up in the undercut island roots, 1 bend the hook out and the other seemingly bounced out). I lost a bunch at the start of the season but they bounced out quickly and I figured out why and adapted my approach to stop it happening. Fish safety wise I feel I did much less damage on hook pulls & captures than size 8 barbless hooks would have done.

You mean the Krank? They don't yet do the Kamakura (sharpened) version of the Kurv (curve shank) buddy.

agreed, but I suppose many angles will abide by the rules because they read them. I wont lie, I dont follow the rules if I think they are stupid. I am confident in how I fish with leaders and barbed hooks to know I am not using them stupidly (why the rule is in place) and endangering fish.

Agree, I'm a cider fan too. When I was a young lad they did this on tap at the local. It's pretty lethal in higher quantities lol.

I like the westons ones best from the bigger places old Rosie is bootiful, But do enjoy a nice flat proper cider or perry when I get the chance

I just had a look the one I saw is a beaked chod hook, in my opinion they aren't the one for a multi or a Ronnie, the eye is the wrong angle for those rigs which would leave the hook sitting backwards,

In my opinion they look good for multi rig. Using them in Ronnie rig I believe will change the mechanism of the rig because of the position of the eye in the hook

That's my Wife's favourite cider 😊

Adnams and Greene King😉 A few pints of Abbot Ale or Ghostship will do very nicely, but only ever in the pub.

Gardner Mugga. If you want really, really sharp, the Specialist Sharpened Hooks version is as lethal as they get.

Size 4 korda krank for me. Pretty happy with them so far, blamed the dodgey hook holds on fish being too small for the hook and bait but they were hooked 😂

I quit drinking for good. I'm drinking for evil now.