What Hook

[shimmer45]

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

[neilscatchin]

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.

[jakey]

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.

[Guest Anonymous]

ive just started trying mugga`s realy good hook and also korda long shanks but its down to your own taste

[Guest Anonymous]

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.

[shimmer45]

thanks for the advice people.

[Guest Anonymous]

The Nash fang range are very good.

[humpy]

nash fangs and gardner mugger and a piece of shrink tube and a piece of tubing for a aligner:) :)

[tomsteele0]

carps "r" us Longshank nailer for all my fishing