tronic Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Hi all, I have started using the KD Rig for a lot of my fishing and have a week booked in France on a lake where curved/longshank hooks are banned. What would be the best hook to use for this rig that fits the rules? Last year I used either korda wide gapes or nash twisters with the KD Rig and caught fish but also lost a few and had quite a lot of "runs" developing into nothing along the way. Looking back i do believe this was possibly down to not using curved hooks?? The reason i want to use the KD rig is because i have a lot of faith in it and the lake is very silty and feel this rig works well on it. Thanks for any help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tronic Posted July 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 As i've had no responses, i will change my question. Has anyone had any sucess with the KD rig using hooks that aren't "a curved patten" ?? Like i said above, i did catch 2 44lb fish using korda wide gape hooks on KD rig but did feel that i missed a lot of chances as well.. thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samcfc Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 i tend to use curve shanks with my KD rig but i have used wide gapes before and they do work well, give them a go hope this helps sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmcee Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 ive used the rig a few times and have caught using the rig with an atomic chodda hook,the fact that the eye is out turned i feel makes the hook point take hold better than a curve shanked hook anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraserking Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I have used the KD rig with both wide gape and SSSP hook patterns. Seemed to work ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tronic Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 thanks for the replys guys, after having a think about this, i have realised that when not using curved hooks i have been using hooks with beaked points like SSBP or Korda wide gapes. Do you agree that using a hook with a straight point will help with hooking with KD rig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakiandy Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I use the kd for pretty much all my fishing with fox arma point in various patterns (can let you know the exact ones if needed) a nice long hair with a good inch between bait and hook not dropped a fish on it yet (OH DEAR ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearbo Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Use kd all the time with the covert wide gape talon tips from gardner. Getting good hook holds and few losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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