So how do you store those darn hooks?

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From my physics lesson memories of the '60's ... doesn't hammering destroy magnetism ?

(As a man of very little brain, I can feel headache starting already.)
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AshbyCut wrote:From my physics lesson memories of the '60's ... doesn't hammering destroy magnetism ?

(As a man of very little brain, I can feel headache starting already.)
Yes, banging, hammering, dropping permanent magnets causes the domains to unalign and so loss the magnetism.
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Are fish sensitive to magnetic force? Could magnetic hooks deter fish from taking your bait? Eels, in particular, are thought to navigate using magnetic fields to orientate. Some of you might be pleased to deter eels, but I am the opposite! However, if eels are aware of this, what about other fish. All that said, I use magnetic hook boxes!

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Mark Salt wrote:Are fish sensitive to magnetic force?
I sense an area of possible research. If fish are to any dgeree magnetic, and their positive pole is at the mouth end ... could we magnetise hooks so that the point is negative in order top attract them ? ... or am I getting too Heath Robinson ???? :tongue:
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We used to rig electrodes, hooked up to an amplifier and speakers, in a tank of "electric "fish, to demonstrate the clicks as they put out electromagnetic pulses to find their way around. If I remember rightly, "Knife fish" (Gymnotus spp.?) politely shifted the frequency of their regular clicks , so as not to jam each other's signals; Elephant fish ( forgotten the name [googled it-Mormyrusspp.) just clicked as and when they felt like it. Lowering a magnet in turned their clicks into a buzz!
How universal this ability is among fishkind is probably still up for experimental checking.
Over on FM, someone said they had more success with hooks kept in a magnetic box than not...
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Vole wrote: Over on FM, someone said they had more success with hooks kept in a magnetic box than not...
Maybe they were just sharper? :wink:

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Large double blind field trial needed methinks.....
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Snape wrote:
AshbyCut wrote:From my physics lesson memories of the '60's ... doesn't hammering destroy magnetism ?

(As a man of very little brain, I can feel headache starting already.)
Yes, banging, hammering, dropping permanent magnets causes the domains to unalign and so loss the magnetism.
Perhaps it works both ways? All I know is that it is an old mechanics trick to tap the end of a screwdriver to magnetise it slightly. Useful for picking up the odd dropped nut or bolt in an inaccessible area :)

Here's one of many articles on magnetising a screwdriver.http://www.ehow.com/how_2342156_make-sc ... agnet.html I suspect it is a bang it once to lightly magnetise it and then again to release the magnetism.
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kevanf1 wrote:
Snape wrote:
AshbyCut wrote:From my physics lesson memories of the '60's ... doesn't hammering destroy magnetism ?

(As a man of very little brain, I can feel headache starting already.)
Yes, banging, hammering, dropping permanent magnets causes the domains to unalign and so loss the magnetism.
Perhaps it works both ways? All I know is that it is an old mechanics trick to tap the end of a screwdriver to magnetise it slightly. Useful for picking up the odd dropped nut or bolt in an inaccessible area :)

Here's one of many articles on magnetising a screwdriver.http://www.ehow.com/how_2342156_make-sc ... agnet.html I suspect it is a bang it once to lightly magnetise it and then again to release the magnetism.
Not overly convinced by this and I would definitely never short a car battery to try to magnetise a screw driver or anything else. :shocked:
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I don't know, talk about making work and worry for yourselves, I used to just leave them in their plastic bags and hold them all together at the top with a Bulldog clip, its secure, functional and there's no need to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow. Nowadays I have one of those tough little plastic boxes with lots of compartments that take all my end tackle bits and bobs. When carp fishing I also carry a sharpening stone and jewellers eye glass to make sure the point is perfect.

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