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Very thought provoking post this lads/lasses, i always check my hooks before tying a rig up, but i will be ultra checking them now

Good point pal, me i.d probably change the hook alltogether, but does playing a fish put excessive pressure on a hook to the point of breaking

Ive got to get one of those hook sharpeners from jagg/fox, this small post as given me food for thought stay sharp lads

that looks very painful nick

nash fangs i must have a look at these

Cheers for the help marty

What are the sharpest hook on the market

hope this helps cob

Grinner

I use the solar spikes for my pop up's and snowman rigs, as anybody else used these

Seems ok to me except the tungsten weight could be more in the middle, also your bivvy needs to be tensioned, looks a tadge slack

Also pal your drawing indicates tungsten tubing , that also for me is a definate no no as it could break, leadcore would be the way forward.

Or youtube. type in fox rigs that should help you pal

Yes lads i did get my rig back and shall be using it as my lucky rig, he's better today after a restless night, i took him back vets last night for another jab to calm him down hope nobodys pet as to go through what my dog as had to endure, thank god for pet insurance

It was a bolt rig, you should have seen him make a bolt for his basket to eat it

Yes mate premier baits quad tweaked a bit by myself, he's ok now, a bit groggy keeps trying to lie down but finding it painful, he keeps nearly falling sleep standing up

he's whimpering around the house,it's me feeling bad plus the mrs aint letting me forget about it, as if i will, those vets aint cheap either, at least he's home and safe.

Gutted behond beleif, whilst tying some rigs in the living room, and using boilies to get my hair just right, i put a 20mm boilie on the rig to adjust the lenght of hair, placed it on the table and got up to put the kettle up to shrink tube it up, gone for no longer than 15 seconds when my oldest son screamed out nooooooooo !!!!! my ten year old border collie decided it would be a nice treat to snaffle down my 20mm quad boilie hook line and sinker, straight down the vets, could'nt capture it with the camera down his throat but could see it on the x-ray, so they had to open up the poor lad, ive never felt so sorry for this silly action, he's now back from the vet and looking sorry for himself never never will i ever bring a baited hook in my house.

Hi james try looking through the search facility, i'm sure theres loads on there

As stated earlier mate either loop to loop, or spliced, it's up to you , both are equally as good

as anyone thought about putting putty in a window just a thought

one of the best books ive read was jaws, a lot better than the film, also the rats

no chance nick, sooner give you mrs slimysime rather than any of hutcho's books

just today received my new volume of my pal, drove all the way from louth, and delevired it to me autographed by the great man himself, and ive got the 1st volume autographed, hope it's as good as the 1st volume anyone else brought the 1st or second volume

i think sometimes we get caught up in manufactors products camo line, camo shots,my mate has lost the plot, he puts that camo tape on everything, he has to have the lot in realtree im sure these products are to catch the angler rather than the fish when will they bring out a dpm/camo boilie they could do the normal green/brown for spring/summer, white/blue for winter and desert storm pattern if your thinking of going abroad