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Hi, Informative information. Just to mention when I said about playing the fish in I meant I didnt yank the fish in on far to heavy gear (probably didnt word it to well first time, sorry) and I would never make a fight last longer than necessary. I also never have or would use mainline braid as a hook length, I have only ever used hook length braids and coated braids by well known manufacturers .........although the above has now definetly made me think twice about using even these It is really good to see information like this available to us all as I am sure there are many people out there who are fishing completely unaware of the damge they could potentialy cause..........my only worry is are these the kind of people who would go to the trouble of doing a bit of research before trying different rigs, materials and so on Keep up the good work fellas as I am sure a lot of people benifit and if that saves one fish from being damaged then it is all worthwhile.

Cheers for the info. Was aware of the issues around using braid as a mainline, but never really thought of the issues around using it as hook length having never had a problem myself. Mind you I never fish too close to snags and tend to play my fish as lightly as I sensibly can, so wether this helps in the less likelyhood of damage? Will certainly now take it on board when using braids as hook length. Nothing worse than fish damage. Thats fishing.......a constant learning curve cheers guys

You could use flurocarbon which could help hide the hook length a little better...just make sure you use the corresct knots Just out of curiosity why have they put a ban on braid hooklengths? I can undestand why they might put a ban on the mainline.] maybe its something I am missing