tying of hooks

[michaelw]

When tying hooks do you:

A) Wrap your line along the shank then slide it up to the eye so the knot is on the shank.

OR
B) Wrap it around your line and slide it down to the eye so youe knot is on the line.

And finally does it make any difference

[alan]

B for me m8,have never tried A,B is probably easier for sliding your bait up

[John]

I use A for sliding hook and B for the main hook on my pennel rigs

[Gwyn]

I use A as I find it does not kink the line near hook, also use eye of hook as anchor for bait elastic when tying crab on so it does not slip round bend of hook.


Gwyn

[michaelw]

Seems as if there is a difference of opion maybe there is no right way

Michaelw

[Ell]

I don\'t understand the question! I thought I did and have been nodding wisely at the replies but just realised .........

Is the first option like tying a spade hook (no eye) with no line passing through the hook eye? Help

[Patrick_Pending]

Michael,

I am not sure what the answer is but you can test the strength of the two versions with a set of 50 llb fishing scales.
Tie your hook to a short length of undamaged line and tie the other end to the scales with a palomar knot. Then fasten the hook securely and pull on the scales until the line breaks or the knot fails. Note the pressure in pounds needed to cause failure, and compare the readings for each version of the knot.

I have recently been using this method to test my shockleader knots and have been very suprised how poorly they have performed - there is not much point fishing with 20llb mainline if your knot fails at 10llb
I am now tying much stronger knots and hopefully losing less gear when it gets snagged

[michaelw]

Hi ell yes its just like tying a spade hook except I still put it through the eye then form the loop along the hook shank and pull it tightt under the eye.

Patrick, good idea, it would be intresting to see where the weak links are, either in your knots or swivels etc better then finding out then when you have a good fish on

[Ell]

Gotcha Michael cheers

[cooky]

always above the hook eye for me as alan says easier to slide the bait on unless your tying a macky flie i would tie after the hook eye