Heating and bending chemically sharpened hooks
Submitted by Jim on Mon, 2007-11-12 15:50
DO any of you guys heat and bend chemically sharpened hooks?
Ive just started doing it to heavy duty livebait hooks (hoodlums) to make them octopus style.
They seem strong enough but am worried when they are under load the heating and bending may have made the hooks brittle causing them to snap. Anyone had problems with snapping them?
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SPESS
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I have heard of people doing
I have heard of people doing this and i cant say why you need too :0 but if you are id sugest after bending them cool them down in oil so they go hard again. Dont use water as this will make them brittle. But why do you need them bent?
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Jim
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For bottom bouncing rigs.
For bottom bouncing rigs. for snelling a few hooks together. with the eye straight they just dont sit right.
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Oh yeah now i see :) Have
Oh yeah now i see :) Have you tried using big mustards? Or are you having probelms straighting them? I use red mustard 10/0's for mackies snelled with wire and have never had problems......what are you trying to capture?
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Yeah the big reds are good
Yeah the big reds are good but the 8/0s are just a bit big and Ive had a couple straighten, as well as the 8/0 gamas. Live bait hooks are just a bit smaller and look way stronger, the only problem is that they have straight eyes.
Going for Dhuies, had a couple of double headers destroy my rigs previously so I want to make em bullet proof :)
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jim , the hooks are never
jim , the hooks are never going to be as strong as spess said unless you heat treat them again, but its alot of trouble and l wouldnt trust them .
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Nah not trying to offset
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