Tizer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:13 pm
1965 he wrote this, I can not believe people still use trebles, it can only be because they are "catch at all costs".
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An interesting book ( I have a copy) but very much ‘of its time’ and this isn’t a criticism of Geoffrey Bucknall.
He seems to completely miss the point of the ‘snap’ tackle , which today we would probably label as an instant strike rig, by saying that he allows the run to develop, or even waiting for the second run before setting the hook in a pike.
Something that we would consider unthinkable nowadays( unless using a circle hook).
I suspect he chose a single , in order to ease removal by what would usually have been shook lodged well back in the mouth ,if not the throat of the pike.
Attitudes were to completely change just 6 years later with the publication of Rickards and Webb.’Fishing for Big pike’ which was truly revolutionary.
It’s well worth reading Graham Booth’s excellent’A History of Pike Fishing’ vol2 which looks in close detail at thoughts on pike fishing in the past.
I have to say, I don’t agree with your comment about treble hooks Tizer. Without wishing to ‘blow my own trumpet’ I have fished for pike enthusiastically for 22 winter seasons , catching close to a 1000 pike( yes sadly I keep a record)using a treble hook rig when bait fishing and have ‘NEVER’ left a hook in a pike.
Efficient bite indication ( usually an accurately set float) an instant ‘strike’ ( believe me I’ve dropped a few too
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) and considerate handling is the key.