shimmer45 Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Hi all, need a little help with hook selection What hooks do you use what effect does the type of eye have on the hooking ability of the rig i generally use 25lb silkworm tied to either a size 6 ESP raptor or a Drennan Bolie hook (not the continental version) with clear shrink tubing line alinger style any thoughts would be helpful thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilscatchin Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Personally I mainly use longshanks for bottom baits and short shanks for pop-ups,there's no hard or fast rules for which to use,try experimenting with each to find which offers the best mechanics on each individual rig.I'm not too fussy with eyes except with ESP bristle when I use an outturned eye hook such as a ESP stiff rigger as this produces a perfect "claw" hooking angle. Otherwise I use Gardner Incizors short/longshanks,Muggas,Korda wide gapes and longshanks,you won't go wrong with them and any angle you want can be achieved with shrink tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakey Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 For most of my fishing i use esp ghost fluro carbon. as for hooks i use the nash fangs or the carp r us short shank nailers as they have a slightly in turned eye. People may have different opinions but i think this nails em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 ive just started trying mugga`s realy good hook and also korda long shanks but its down to your own taste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 I'm using the new Gamatsku (spelling!) hooks, they are teflon coated, sharp and strong. I've just changed my complete rig board to the longshanks with extended line aligners as I've had some really good hookholds and not dropped a fish since. I use the size 10 "super "hooks for my floater fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimmer45 Posted July 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 thanks for the advice people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 The Nash fang range are very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humpy Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 nash fangs and gardner mugger and a piece of shrink tube and a piece of tubing for a aligner:) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsteele0 Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 carps "r" us Longshank nailer for all my fishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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