08-20-2011, 09:35 PM
that is vary posible. some of the guys I fish with have pratice that I cant help but to laugh every time I see it.
they have a masive yank with thier rod to set the hook, I swear it looks like they are snagging or trying to rip the mouths out of them fish.
I on the other hand decided to use a different method. I change hooks. I find octopus and circle hooks to be the trick of setting the hooks with out having give your self whiplash.
their disign makes setting the hooks a snap because the point is off center of the rest of the hooks unlike triditional hooks where the point is parrell to the shaft.
I started that pratice over 30 years ago when I was loosing a fair percentage of gills, so I started bending my snell hooks. then soon after I found that the octopus and circles already had that design incorporated in.
so dont throw your ugly stick away just yet.
and be sure to keep a hook sharpener on hand to keep your points sharp.
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they have a masive yank with thier rod to set the hook, I swear it looks like they are snagging or trying to rip the mouths out of them fish.
I on the other hand decided to use a different method. I change hooks. I find octopus and circle hooks to be the trick of setting the hooks with out having give your self whiplash.
their disign makes setting the hooks a snap because the point is off center of the rest of the hooks unlike triditional hooks where the point is parrell to the shaft.
I started that pratice over 30 years ago when I was loosing a fair percentage of gills, so I started bending my snell hooks. then soon after I found that the octopus and circles already had that design incorporated in.
so dont throw your ugly stick away just yet.
and be sure to keep a hook sharpener on hand to keep your points sharp.
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