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This one small item - is the singularly most important element of fishing tackle that you ever buy! It does all the work, and if it fails; then you just have another ‘fishy tale’! The hook has to penetrate the fish and hold on until such time as you decide to unhook it – no small task when challenging some of the biggest and most powerful predators in the seas. We apologise for the cost of our Katana Hooks, but the best does not come cheap; and it is not worth losing a fish for the small cost savings on inferior hooks. Over the years we have used a very wide selection of hooks and eventually came to the conclusion that we could only really get exactly what we wanted by getting our own hooks made, and it is these that we stock. Our Katana Hooks are made specifically to our design, at probably one of the world’s finest hook manufacturers. We favour stainless steel hooks wherever possible, but at times cannot avoid the strength to wire size attained by use of high carbon steel hooks. Stainless steel hooks are ideal for trolling lure situations, where there rust resistance allows skirts and lures not to be stained or weakened. All our hooks are individually sharpened before packaging, though all hook points need ‘re-dressing’ with use, especially after a large fish - even just to ensure your confidence in this singularly important item. With our few carbon steel hooks we have opted for ‘black nickel’ plating as potentially the least harmful to the environment, especially should a hook have to be left in a fish after capture. For strength we have opted for ‘carbon 110’, rather than the cheaper ‘carbon 80’ steels. Some of the hooks that we use have been engineered from the commercial fishing sector, where ‘hook performance’ is critical to profit or loss, and to this end our designs have taken the hard won economic lessons seriously. This is best seen in the circle and double hooks that we stock. Double hooks are favoured over trebles, for they offer less metalwork for large strong fish to lever against during a long tough fight, but offer improved hook-ups on high speed striking fish.
Number 1 Hook Tip: Sharpen your hook every time you put it in the water! You have spent a considerable amount of time and money on getting into the position of the fish being at the end of your hook – it would all be wasted if the hook failed and didn’t penetrate.
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