James RickardBig hooks for big fish
July 17th 2008 00:15
I've talked about fishing hooks before but I want to go a little deeper and delve into areas where the beginner may not tread.
Generally speaking, hooks go about as small as size 24 and upward. Size 4 or 2 work for the average person with Size 6 getting a fair amount of attention.
However, there a is another grouping of hooks AFTER this series.
This group is designated with an aught (pronounced like ought) after the number i.e. 1/0 and so on. It's hard to believe but, one of these large hooks, the kind for sharks or marlin, will easily set you back 5 or10 bucks! Generally speaking though, the average fresh water angler will probably be using sizes up to around 5/0 and you can still pick up a half dozen of these for under five dollars!
Generally speaking, hooks go about as small as size 24 and upward. Size 4 or 2 work for the average person with Size 6 getting a fair amount of attention.
However, there a is another grouping of hooks AFTER this series.
This group is designated with an aught (pronounced like ought) after the number i.e. 1/0 and so on. It's hard to believe but, one of these large hooks, the kind for sharks or marlin, will easily set you back 5 or10 bucks! Generally speaking though, the average fresh water angler will probably be using sizes up to around 5/0 and you can still pick up a half dozen of these for under five dollars!
If you look at the pictures accompanying this post, you'll notice a bend in the shank. This is a special design of hook manufacturers. It allows for some special applications and makes "weedless" rigging much easier. No matter which of the bigger sizes you pick, they can be obtained with either a straight shank or the off set design.
Something else you'll notice is those is those really curly, twisty hooks. In those you have an extra wide spread between the hook point and shank. Again this will help in weedless applications since the fish will have slightly more room to bite down.
Something else you'll notice is those is those really curly, twisty hooks. In those you have an extra wide spread between the hook point and shank. Again this will help in weedless applications since the fish will have slightly more room to bite down.
Okay! So, I bought into the red hook theory!
This information is all well and good as long as you look at sizes far apart like size 2 and then 1/0. Like many things in fishing, there are no set standards so it's hard comparing sizes among manufacturers. Granted, 1/0 is always going to be bigger than size 2 and 2/0 is going to be bigger still. The problem is that one guy's 2/0 is not going to be exactly the same as the next guy's 2/0.
This was really driven home to me when I was collecting hooks for the photo accompanying this post. I had a really nice variety of hook sizes--too many sizes! Nobody in their right mind would have a variety like I discovered! I can only attribute it to different manufacturers!
Until next time--watch yourself and watch your line!
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