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Hooks for the wealthy
- Thread starter Jeremy Evans
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Dean Aston
Senior Member
Yeah but the postage is cheap
Chris Thomson
Senior Member
they are good hooks though
Simon Freear
Member
I use these for my all my barbel fishing. They're really good hooks,but they're not THAT good though!!! 
Si
Si
Chris Thomson
Senior Member
you can pull a cow in with these hooks, sharp too for a hook with a thick wire
Mick Holtom
Senior Member & Supporter
I assume £275 for 10 hooks is a misprint as it states that the normal R.R.P. is £3-99. I wouldn't chance buying a packet just in case.
Micky
David Hall
Senior Member
someones missing the decimal point, i hope....lol
Will Smith
Senior Member
Tip: try using caviar instead of hemp when bait dropping.
These are great hooks though even if the size 10's (which I use for barbel) are more like a size 6!
These are great hooks though even if the size 10's (which I use for barbel) are more like a size 6!
Paul Boote
No Longer a Member
The Chairman on Sunday
Contacted the chap selling said Harikari hooks, vis-a-vis buying all he had at the £275 per 10 figure quoted.
Got a reply from him about some misplaced decimal point.
"No matter" [I replied] "I'll have them at the original price as my charity, Fishing For A Few, will be buying them...".
As ever,
B.B.
Contacted the chap selling said Harikari hooks, vis-a-vis buying all he had at the £275 per 10 figure quoted.
Got a reply from him about some misplaced decimal point.
"No matter" [I replied] "I'll have them at the original price as my charity, Fishing For A Few, will be buying them...".
As ever,
B.B.
Chris Ponsford
Senior Member
I use these for my all my barbel fishing. They're really good hooks,but they're not THAT good though!!!
Si
What are you fishing for,Great White Shark ?
Chris Thomson
Senior Member
Some of us take no prisoners Chris!
Chris Ponsford
Senior Member
I saw some of those the other day that my mate use for snag fishing for huge carp on Rainbow Lake,France,they are beasts !
He then showed me the less strong ones and said that is what he now uses.
They wont bend those out
Pons
Chris Thomson
Senior Member
What ones were they Chris?
Neil Partridge
Senior Member
jez, vic has got them in
Jeremy Evans
Senior Member
Hope they aint £275
Chris Ponsford
Senior Member
Just ordinary G points,not the extra strong.
Baring in mind he is using heavy braid and fishing locked up ,real power stuff and never had one straighten.
Personally ,I use our mobs S5 Barbless,have done for two seasons now ,and they were developed by John Walsh River Carping in France and will stop a train,or even the odd Barb.
David Gauntlett
Senior Member
I Have always been dubious about the claim that the most serious 'heavey metal' in hook terms is required when fishing locked up. All the fish can do in those circumstances is thrash around a bit...seems to me it's when they have been allowed to build up a head of speed and THEN you have to stop them in their tracks that the fun starts
Mind you, if Mr. Walsh has developed a hook to stop big French river carp...then they are SERIOUS hooks
Cheers, Dave.
Chris Ponsford
Senior Member
I Have always been dubious about the claim that the most serious 'heavey metal' in hook terms is required when fishing locked up. All the fish can do in those circumstances is thrash around a bit...seems to me it's when they have been allowed to build up a head of speed and THEN you have to stop them in their tracks that the fun starts
Mind you, if Mr. Walsh has developed a hook to stop big French river carp...then they are SERIOUS hooks
Cheers, Dave.
Well John,loves his French River Carping,and thats pretty hardcore.
I have seen similar hooks to the S5,but they dont have the seamless eyes,which I think is a brilliant move.
I did manage to get a size 2 barbed in my little finger up to the bend the other night river carping right at the start of my session,goodness knows how it came out ,but I thought brute force and ignorance would win the day,and quickly
Nearly all my summer barbelling is with the 12s barbless,the shape works really well with hooking on knotless set up.
Stuart Brookes
Senior Member
Hi Chris,
I like the S5 but find the eye a little on the small side, much the same as most hooks that size, when trying to tie a knotless rig. I tend to use a short length of braid for the hooklength but encounter a the same problem when using fluoro of mono, tend to use 10lb BS on hooklength.
Stu
I like the S5 but find the eye a little on the small side, much the same as most hooks that size, when trying to tie a knotless rig. I tend to use a short length of braid for the hooklength but encounter a the same problem when using fluoro of mono, tend to use 10lb BS on hooklength.
Stu
Chris Ponsford
Senior Member
Hi Stuart,
That's a fair comment re size of eye.
If I am down the Wye ,8 or 10lb mono is usually alright for feeder fishing,and if I am down the Ouse or similar using very concealed rigs,my favourites are 15lb Pallatrax Steam link stripped back or Drennan Sinkbraid in short lengths,usually rubbed in Krysten Tungsten putty or with small blobs of same on .