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| After I get my hooks sticky sharp sometimes the point sometimes rolls over or breaks after hitting a snag or after removing it from the well embedded jaws of a toothy critter. This leaves the treble with a pointless hook. Anybody else ever experience this phenomenon? Most of my trebles are made from perma steel.
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| We fish a lot of rocks up in Canada. Pretty safe bet that after you set the hook on anything (i.e. a rock) that point will be gone. I found that I was taking way too much metal off my hooks when sharpening them. These days I focus more on just the point and touch up often instead of shaving the entire tapered point of the hook if that makes sense.
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Location: SE, WI. | PUsh file towards hook NOT, Away from hook. THis will keep from getting a burr at the tip, which tip of hook bends over after coming In Contact with objects. JD |
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| jdsplasher - 6/26/2016 4:54 PM
I sharpen my hooks pushing the file towards the barb, NOT, towards the tip of the hook. THis will keep from getting a burr at the tip, which bends over easier after coming In Contact with objects. JD
I do sharpen my hooks by pushing the file against the barb (not the point). Thank you anyways. |
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Location: Minnesota. | Jim, change to a diff. hook supplier. sounds like they have too soft a steel. Try Mustads or better yet Gamakatsu's or anything else.
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Pointless hook?