Pre-tied hooks to nylon.

[MaggotDrowner]

How many of us here use hooks to nylon and how many tie their own? I only use them in size 16 and 18 to 2-3lb ish line. Any bigger and I generally tie hook links myself. I find hooks to nylon really reliable though and they are so quick and easy. Perhaps I'm just lazy?

[DaceAce]

I've been tying my own since about 1975, at home with an old Eze-Tie machine, or on the bank with a Matchman hook tier. I use spade ends from 10s down to 24 (have tied down to 30!). I get the choice of hooks I want that way far greater than the few available ready-tied and I can choose not only the hook but also the line.

[Snape]

On the rare occasions I use size 16 or 18 hooks usually for gudgeon fishing I use hook to nylon otherwise I rarely use below a size 10 hook so I tie the on.

[Santiago]

I tie all my own. Often for a finer presentation I will use sizes 16-20 in spade end, and tie them with a Matchman Hook Tier. When feeder fishing at night I may change the hook or hooklink a dozen times for a variety of reasons, so hook to nylons are just impractical. Also, I often like to tie the hook direct to the mainline.

[Nobby]

In the line-up for fingers God gave me pork sausages!


Of course I use hooks to nylon, especially in the small sizes, just watch that your disgorger hasn't damaged the knot...lost a 2lb plus roach like that once......

[Dave Burr]

I acquired a load of hooks to nylon and use them when float fishing in the main, its a convenient way of carrying a selection of different weight hooklengths for one. I sometimes ditch the hook and tie on a preferable pattern especially when grayling fishing when I use the excellent Guru QM1's.

[Julian]

I have quite a range of pre-tied hooks to nylon from size 18 down to size 10, with breaking strains from 2lb to about 6lbs I don't use them often but its worth having a supply for when I float fish for 'smaller' species - anything from an ounce up to about 4lbs.
However most of the time I am tying a size 10, 8, or 6 direct to mainline of between 8lbs to 12lbs

[Aitch]

I use hook to nylon quite a lot these days as my eyes are getting worse.... there was a time when I could whip a size 28 bloodworm hook to 6oz nylon.... not any more

[AshbyCut]

I tie my own ... down to size 24, where the eyes (mine, not the hook's) give out. It is one of the little jobs that makes anticipation of a days angling so pleasurable for me.

[Gord]

i tie my own with a hook tier, i tried using them but my hands are like shovels so i couldnt get them out of the packet without getting the hook length in a tangle or worse still knotted also i usually fish with hook tied direct to main line