Comments on: Feature finding – use blunt hooks!

By: Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:37:20 +0000

A good way of checking if your hook point is sharp is to look at it the wrong way through a pair of binoculars.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:45:51 +0000

Excellent tips from both Elie and Carl.

Does anyone bother to protect their hook points with vaseline etc. Never bothered myself but I remember Gary Bayes years ago singing the praises of this. Certainly I have fished some waters where the hooks lose their edge very quickly yet other waters you can get away with using the same hook for a number of trips.
P.S. – Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!

By: Carl Bullock

Carl Bullock — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:51:45 +0000

Hi Ellie, Funny you should mention that I was talking about it just yesterday.

What I actually do is leave my normal actual fishing hooklink on the rig, but I protect the hook point with either the cork insert that is on the hair or a piece of fake plastic corn.

I also leave these on the point of the hooks when storing them in my rod sleeves to protect them.