02-10-2011, 05:29 PM
I dont charge a fee SMOKE, I just keep the "luck" to myself...it runs out fast in a sea of dinks. LOL
My photograper on that particular occasion was a great guy with a good sense of humor, allthough he did keep talking about his "Feminine" side. But he knew how to work the cell phone camera and thats what makes it count. I am sitll looking forward to meeting up on the water again with him sometime.
I agree with all of you when you say to buy quality hooks. I am more thinking about "on the water" applications, such as a spinner bait or other lures you can not easily replace hooks on. I have had some lures that when I buy them I put a better hook on before I ever even cast it out, others just seem to dull a bit after use especially when they get pulled over weeds or a rocky shoreline on each cast, I like to bump bottom alot with my fishing to tease fish into thinking my lure is something foraging along the bottom.
In those cases I have had need to sharpen a hook as it was not feasible to switch hooks without swapping lures especially when it is THE lure that seems to be working at the time converting the "fishing" into "catching" LOL.
I just was wondering what the proper way to use the file was, sharpen to ward the tip (I can see this casue "rolling" of the point) or to sharpen from the tip toward the shank (I can see this "flattening" the point at a bad angle).
I dont use the fingernail to test them, I use my flesh on the tip of a finger, if it easily begins to penetrate the surface of skin and feels "pricky" then I think it is sharp enough to stick in the flesh of a fish fairly easily.
thanks for the thoughts.
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My photograper on that particular occasion was a great guy with a good sense of humor, allthough he did keep talking about his "Feminine" side. But he knew how to work the cell phone camera and thats what makes it count. I am sitll looking forward to meeting up on the water again with him sometime.
I agree with all of you when you say to buy quality hooks. I am more thinking about "on the water" applications, such as a spinner bait or other lures you can not easily replace hooks on. I have had some lures that when I buy them I put a better hook on before I ever even cast it out, others just seem to dull a bit after use especially when they get pulled over weeds or a rocky shoreline on each cast, I like to bump bottom alot with my fishing to tease fish into thinking my lure is something foraging along the bottom.
In those cases I have had need to sharpen a hook as it was not feasible to switch hooks without swapping lures especially when it is THE lure that seems to be working at the time converting the "fishing" into "catching" LOL.
I just was wondering what the proper way to use the file was, sharpen to ward the tip (I can see this casue "rolling" of the point) or to sharpen from the tip toward the shank (I can see this "flattening" the point at a bad angle).
I dont use the fingernail to test them, I use my flesh on the tip of a finger, if it easily begins to penetrate the surface of skin and feels "pricky" then I think it is sharp enough to stick in the flesh of a fish fairly easily.
thanks for the thoughts.
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