Simple Match Fishing Forum

what hooks do you use?

I prefer Pr31's for both in sizes 22 to 26.

for skimmers i like b512's

Why a preference for B512s for skimmers............or is it skimmers over a certain stamp?

Good topic this...everyone will have their own preferences wiv hook patterns,some of our lads me included have been using sensas bronze 3530`s sizes 26 to 22 they are brilliant joker hooks ie very sharp & fine wire and will handle bonus fish,they also come in packets of 8s in hooks to nylon tied to 0.06 sensas feeling line called montage competition, think they retail at around £3. For bloodworm fishing i use green gammas barbless purlely for speed fishing they are also very good bream/skimmer hook in the bigger sizes ie 20s 18s wiv multiple bloodworm hookbaits being widegape....

image im2 24's-26's! have used them for years and can't find owt which is close to them!
B-511's for rivers and skimmers.
Green/black gama's or turbetini 237 for commercial's.

fox mp1s for my joker fishing image im2s for bloodworm but am running out of im2s if anybody knows where to get them from let me know

how many do you want and wot size???

Hi Ian
24s and 26s are the size i use i take it you can get hold of them if they are in short supply as many as you can if readily available 10 packs of each will keep me going for a bit
was going to give them a go on squatt in the summer do you think they will be suitable was using mp1s but trashed to many during the match when catching gudgeon and have been bumping quite a few perch

Hi Ian
24s and 26s are the size i use i take it you can get hold of them if they are in short supply as many as you can if readily available 10 packs of each will keep me going for a bit
was going to give them a go on squatt in the summer do you think they will be suitable was using mp1s but trashed to many during the match when catching gudgeon and have been bumping quite a few perch

i'll see wot i can find for you matey, give me a couple of weeks and i shud be able to find a load on my travels!!!
i use them for squatt fishing aswell

Thanks Ian
My thinking must be half right if you are also using them

some interesting info....

I don't think you can beat a 26 or 24 Image IM1 or Fox MP1 (same hook aren't they?) for joker fishing. Or squatts, or punch in the larger sizes. If you have trouble with these bending The drennan polemaster competition hooks are stronger. These used to be called team england super carbon canal. These are all long shanked. If you want a wider gaped hook the the green Gamakatsus are the hook. Mind you the newer ones seem a lot thicker than the originals. An alternative to the green gamas is a Milo P175 which is the same shape as the gamma but black in colour and seem a little finer.

I don't think you can beat a 26 or 24 Image IM1 or Fox MP1 (same hook aren't they?) for joker fishing. Or squatts, or punch in the larger sizes. If you have trouble with these bending The drennan polemaster competition hooks are stronger. These used to be called team england super carbon canal. These are all long shanked. If you want a wider gaped hook the the green Gamakatsus are the hook. Mind you the newer ones seem a lot thicker than the originals. An alternative to the green gamas is a Milo P175 which is the same shape as the gamma but black in colour and seem a little finer.

Chavey.
I used to use the IM-1's but found they became brittle and started breaking on the  bend, the MP-1b's are better (even though they seem like the same hook) but i only use them for small roach now because i kept pulling out of better stamp fish, i think they could be springing open.

Saying that i used some last week with very very light laccies and didn't have any problems.

Lee, are the MP-1b hooks barbed or barbless? if they are barbless I have found a site selling the image version at 1/2 shop prices £5 per 100 if your interested?
http://www.tacklebargains.com/acatalog/ ... e_114.html
Rich

Lee, are the MP-1b hooks barbed or barbless? if they are barbless I have found a site selling the image version at 1/2 shop prices £5 per 100 if your interested?
http://www.tacklebargains.com/acatalog/ ... e_114.html
Rich

The MP-1B's are barbed and barbless, the barbed ones have a tiny barb which doesn't burst the joker anyway so apart from unhooking i cant see any benefit of using barbless unless the joker is small.

i quiet like the sensas 3530s and they go up to 28s :-[the trouble is if you drop one on the floor you'l never find it until the tank commander steps on it

Wear sellotape on yer shoes Joff, the size of yours you shouldn`t have to much trouble picking it back up

is everyone using the same?

Yepp, Sensas 3530s cant go wrong with them

B511s are still as good as they have always been for stamp fish

Dodge...i just cant get my head round those sensas hooks....what size do you use?..i dont like them i know a lot of brilliant anglers use them but they are not wide enough for me. same as everyone used to love the B590's and i used to lose every thing i hooked on them