Worms on barbless
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Worms on barbless
Apologies if this is addressed elsewhere, but what are the words of the wise on hooking a worm on a barbless hook?
I have a way of doing it, which I am not entirely happy with, and wonder if there is (I am sure there is) a better method?
How do you do it?
Best wishes all
OldRod (Keith)
I have a way of doing it, which I am not entirely happy with, and wonder if there is (I am sure there is) a better method?
How do you do it?
Best wishes all
OldRod (Keith)
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Re: Worms on barbless
Hi OldRod ,
I usually hook the worm through the saddle and impale a small slither of elastic band over the hook to trap the said worm in place.
I usually hook the worm through the saddle and impale a small slither of elastic band over the hook to trap the said worm in place.
Not a fish was visible that first time I visited Beechmere; an utter
stillness brooded over the place and I felt the strange and sinister atmosphere which, so the story goes,
has been the cause of several suicides.’
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stillness brooded over the place and I felt the strange and sinister atmosphere which, so the story goes,
has been the cause of several suicides.’
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Re: Worms on barbless
Thanks Carp Artist. I will give it a tryCarp Artist wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:53 pm Hi OldRod ,
I usually hook the worm through the saddle and impale a small slither of elastic band over the hook to trap the said worm in place.
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Re: Worms on barbless
Me too!Carp Artist wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:53 pm Hi OldRod ,
I usually hook the worm through the saddle and impale a small slither of elastic band over the hook to trap the said worm in place.
"....he felt the gentle touch on the line and he was happy"
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Re: Worms on barbless
I break the worm in half and thread the hook through the broken ends and out of the side... works well enough
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Re: Worms on barbless
Hook in the normal way and tip with a maggot, that's what they told me to do.
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Re: Worms on barbless
What he said !
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Re: Worms on barbless
Me too....Carp Artist wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:53 pm Hi OldRod ,
I usually hook the worm through the saddle and impale a small slither of elastic band over the hook to trap the said worm in place.
Thanks
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Re: Worms on barbless
I use 2 methods. The one I was taught as a nipper, to tip the hook with a maggot. The other an old timer showed me about 10 years ago: hook through the saddle and push the worm above the knot. He said my hook up rates would increase and I believe that they have!
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Re: Worms on barbless
I fish large lobs on (usually size 6) long shanked hooks. I push the hook in just above the saddle and thread it along the shank and exit as far below the saddle as I can. I push the top end over the eye of the hook and the knot and that holds it on.
If I want an even bigger bait I put a float stop above the hook then thread one worm all the way above the hook and the second worm as described above and then hold the first worm in place above and touching the second worm with the float stop.
Alternatively I have chopped a lob into sections just under 1 inch and threaded them on horizontally to fill the whole hook. These ooze lots of worm juice but can't wriggle off.
If I want an even bigger bait I put a float stop above the hook then thread one worm all the way above the hook and the second worm as described above and then hold the first worm in place above and touching the second worm with the float stop.
Alternatively I have chopped a lob into sections just under 1 inch and threaded them on horizontally to fill the whole hook. These ooze lots of worm juice but can't wriggle off.
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