Closed hooks common problem?
Aug 6, 2019 12:01:25 #
I caught my first fish on a fly this weekend. Little brookie in an alpine lake in CO. I had a few more nice hits on the same fly, but just couldn’t seem to keep them on. I brought my line in to move for some reason, and when I tried to hook it to the little loop on my pole, I realized the hook was essentially bent closed. Only thing I can think of is one of those fish hitting it closed it up tight. Guess I’ll start checking that periodically now. Is that a common problem?
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by cascalonginess
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by cascalonginess
Aug 6, 2019 12:01:35 #
I have literally never seen that happen in over a decade of fishing. I don't usually fish anything lighter than a Tiemco 100/101, so if you were using some ultra-fine wire hook I could maybe see that happening if you accidentally leaned on it with something hard, but definitely not from a trout's jaws. They aren't exactly pit bulls.
I think it's more likely that you got a bad tempering on that hook. Is it very easy to bend the wire?
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by FoxBellyRubs
I think it's more likely that you got a bad tempering on that hook. Is it very easy to bend the wire?
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by FoxBellyRubs
Aug 6, 2019 12:01:40 #
Aug 6, 2019 12:01:46 #
Aug 6, 2019 12:01:50 #
More likely your hook had a fault and bent closed at the fault line. It would take a large trout to bend OUT a hook against all of their strength, and I have never seen one clamp a hook closed.
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by FISHYFISHY513
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by FISHYFISHY513
Aug 6, 2019 13:15:27 #
I have never seen that happen in 70 years of fly fishing. It must be the hook or you have some hellish brookies in there.
Aug 6, 2019 13:40:34 #
Only have seen hooks straightened, not closed. Maybe you have a "JAWS" there, be careful....LOL
Aug 6, 2019 13:51:07 #
Aug 6, 2019 17:42:34 #
dclarke61546 wrote:
Most likely hit a rock while casting.
This would be the correct answer. I've broken a hook or two on the back cast when I'd get tired and got sloppy.
Aug 7, 2019 08:44:51 #
Aug 7, 2019 23:31:10 #
One time I fished all day on my birthday from a kayak with a few failed hits. At the end if the day when I went to hook it on the rids eye I found I had broken the hook off on a snag early in the day. No wonder I never had to pull off any weeds
Aug 8, 2019 12:52:30 #
Aug 12, 2019 02:16:49 #
Riverfisher
Loc: Georgia
I'm not an experienced fly Fisher, I've never had any hook close up like U R describing. Spread open just a little. Hooks are highly tempered and break whenever bent very much at all
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