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How do you pick the right hook?

Do you A - pick a hook to match the fish you're catching... or do you B - pick a hook to suit the bait you're fishing?

If you answered B you're doing it right!

Here's our guide to which baits are the best choice for the 13 sizes of hook available for the coarse angler.

We've detailed the best hook sizes to use for baits presented directly onto the hook, and the best hook sizes for baits presented off the hook, on a hair-rig.

Use this guide wisely and you're sure to catch more fish the next time your out on the bank...

 

 

Hook Size

Bait - on the hook

Bait - hair-rigged

26

Joker, bloodworm

None

24

Joker, bloodworm, Squatt

None

22

Squatt, bloodworm, pinkie

None

20

2xpinkie, maggot, caster, punched bread, hemp

None

18

Maggot, caster, punched bread, redworm, expander pellet, hemp, tares

None

16

2xmaggot, 2xcaster, punched bread, redworm, 1/2 dendrobaena, sweetcorn, expander pellet, tares

None

14

Breadflake, 3xmaggot, 2xsweetcorn, dendrobaena, cocktails, expander pellet

Single sweetcorn, meat

12

Breadflake, paste, meat, 3xsweetcorn, cocktails, chum mixer

Double sweetcorn, meat, mini boilie, peanut

10

Paste, meat, bread crust, chum mixer

Double sweetcorn, meat, maize, chum mixer, 10mm boilies, tiger nut

8

1/2 lobworm, paste, bread crust

21mm pellet, meat, triple sweetcorn, 11mm boilies, 14mm boilies, 2xchum mixer, maize, tiger nut, 14mm pellet

6

Whole lobworm, paste, bread crust, liphooked livebait

Meat, 16mm boilies, 19mm boilies, 21mm pellet

4

Whole lobworm, paste, bread crust, liphooked livebait

Meat, 20mm+ pellets, 20mm+ boilies

2

Paste, liphooked livebait

Meat, 20mm+ pellets, 20mm+ boilies

  

Wednesday, 20 August 2008