long shank and wide gape

[pineaplepopup]

why is it that frank warwhik only evr uses long shank for pop ups and wide gape for bottom baits can i ask? does any one use both these hook for different situations.

[trees]

yep I use widegapes for all my fishing

[pineaplepopup]

me too but what would be the advantages in differtent situations using the long shank

[trees]

dunno myself but seem to catch much more fish on the wide gapes. Have tried Longshanks and never had much luck on them and don't feel confident about them. The only reason I can see to use longshanks is to tie more complicated rigs that require more space on the hook to do so (blowback rigs etc...).

[carp_mad_man]

I ALWAYS USE LONG SHANKS BECAUSE OF THE STRAIGHT POINT IT WILL CATCH HOLD QUICKER THEN ANY OTHER.

btw i would use wide gapes as pop up rig and long shank for anything but poping up the wide gapes are smaller and i would think lighter to.

[delkimtxi]

I ALWAYS USE LONG SHANKS BECAUSE OF THE STRAIGHT POINT IT WILL CATCH HOLD QUICKER THEN ANY OTHER.

btw i would use wide gapes as pop up rig and long shank for anything but poping up the wide gapes are smaller and i would think lighter to.

 

i agree totally

[mvodkaman]

i agree as well which is a bit worrying ..... do you think frank knows something we dont ?????