Simple Match Fishing Forum

come on then how long do you do your hook lengths
2"3"4"5"6"
it mystifies me when i see anglers using a three inch hook length,you go to all that trouble of tying a delicate hook on very fine line only to see the knot hanging just above :-?don't get me wrong everything has a reason behind it and i use short hook lengths but not quite as short as 3" b/j fishing or should i be using them that short .

6 ins for all canal roach squatt, b/joker, bread , hemp fishing.

Up to 24ins/2ft for skimmers and bream on deeper natural venues 8 to 14ft deep.

Usually dont use a hook length on shallow snake / canal type commies targeting F1s and small carp. Dont do much of that fishing nowadays tho !

I tried loads of turns, gobbed on it, missed and hit the cat. Gobbed on it again and when I pulled the line through got a kinky mess just above the hook. I'll stick to me 5 or 6 turns, it does it for me.

Don't use hook lengths, fish 0.065 straight through. S'pose that's why I never get me floats back after I stick 'em up crappity smack trees.

Hehehe

Always 10 turns for me on any hook i use on canal.One thing i do religiously is to spit on shank before whipping,then spit on line before pulling knot up.Sounds daft, but knot always seems to slide up shank and tighten better with the shank wetting trick.Mind you,i obviously suffer from OCD,and have had La La laughing down the phone at me,when i told him i wash my floats and rigs in Fairy,to degrease them before shotting.

La La laughing down the phone at me,when i told him i wash my floats and rigs in Fairy,to degrease them before shotting.

What are you trying to say Two Shakes.
Do I read between the lines in thinking that you obtain your Fairy from Lala, that figures

When i still fished i did about 7 turns. When tightning up, i used to dab a little elastic lubricant on the knot. Never got a line kink and they never slipped whilst fishing either.

All the hooklengths were the same because i made myself a "Heath Robinson" wooden hook tyer.