Simple Match Fishing Forum

Drennan or matchman ( or hands and fingers)

Which one do you use, does it differ for low diameter lines below 0.10 to size 20 - 26 hooks as against carp lines and hooks ? also why do you use it. ?

I use the matchman , the reason , it's the only only one I have ever used.

Tie my own. Never had one let me down yet. Tried a tyer once and did my frigging head in getting "curly hook lengths" every time

Never used one, - crappity smack 'em off.

"curly hook lengths"

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Matchman is the only one I have used also.

Tying hooks by hand should be compulsary.


Hooktyers should be

taught by franky holt years back to tie be hand

For low diameters i use sensas pierrotti.

I always use a matchman , so much faster for me than tying by hand. I use drennan double strengh line and it ties up perfectly.

Manual dexterity aint my forte.......

Never experienced any curley/kinking probs with the black matchman....... anyone who does must be down to the technique adopted

I've never encountered any pig tails on my hooklengths, I always wet the line before tightening the knot

Anyone remember whem you had to glue them?

Before hooktyers and before spades

I always use a matchman ,  so much faster for me than tying by hand.  I use drennan double strengh line and it ties up perfectly. 

Darren, where do you get your double strength from, I struggle to get the diameters I want in Derby.

I always use a matchman ,  so much faster for me than tying by hand.  I use drennan double strengh line and it ties up perfectly. 

Darren, where do you get your double strength from, I struggle to get the diameters I want in Derby. 

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I always use a matchman ,  so much faster for me than tying by hand.  I use drennan double strengh line and it ties up perfectly. 

Darren, where do you get your double strength from, I struggle to get the diameters I want in Derby. 

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Joff is correct , I wouldn't know where to buy it from. !!!!

Now I know you you really want to know this.

"Model Perfect" were the first of the recognised named fishing hooks. They were designed by Samuel Allcock about 110 years ago believe it or not. Allcocks were a huge fishing company in those days.
As late as 1967 there was no mention of 'spade end' hooks. In that year you could buy Model Perfect Gold Plated or Bronzed hooks to 18 inches of nylon. Quote "technology has enabled us to make a new and highly important improvement: a resin-impregnated whipping which trebles the life of each and every mounted hook we make." These hooks were not spade they just came to a stop with the end bit slightly crimped to hold the glue.

The choice in those days was really limited but the Model Perfect was what every hook was based on. The other hooks they produced were called Beatall, Lincoln and Pershora, basically that was it. The last two were retailed by Allcocks but made in France.
You could never unravel the crappity smack nylon and always lost a few!

To complete the hook scenario Allcocks first introduced nylon monofil into Britain in 1938; it was only available in short lengths and used as fly casts. It was only until after the war that monofil continuous lines became available although it was still hard to get as cat gut was more commonly used and I suppose much cheaper.

I hope you will not loose any sleep taking this important information in!!!!!!

Thats where I am going wrong Bill....gonna have to get rid of all the cat gut in my box and buy some of this new fangled .....what was it called....monofil

You should be on Mastermind sir