| This might sound like a strange title for an article, but | | | | manner. And since the hooks are small, many more |
| it seems to me that most people don't realize 'how | | | | fish are actually hooked. So, with a set of gang |
| to bait a hook'. Of course they can "thread" a worm | | | | hooks not only is the bait (in this case a live worm) |
| or mold some synthetic bait onto a single hook, but is | | | | presented naturally, it's also presented in a manner in |
| this really the most effective way to bait a hook? No | | | | which the bait is much more effective. Gang hooks |
| it's not, it's just the way baiting a hook has been | | | | truly provide a win-win situation. |
| done for eons. The funny thing is that doing the way | | | | The bottom line is if you want to know how to bait |
| things have always been done, is rarely the best way | | | | a hook, I mean really bait a hook, the answer is |
| to do something, and baiting a hook is no different. | | | | through the use of gang hooks. The real way to bait |
| The key to baiting a hook in the proper manner is to | | | | a hook is to use smaller hooks, and not only that but |
| think smaller. You see, when you employ smaller | | | | use two of them as well. The gang hook system |
| hooks, said hooks can be tied in tandem, thus | | | | was taught to me more than twenty years ago by a |
| creating a set of gang hooks. And a set of gang | | | | trout fishing master, and I've personally used them |
| hooks is the best way to bait a hook. Lets take | | | | ever since. |
| using live worms as an example. The old way of | | | | As a matter of fact, I will not go live bait fishing |
| baiting a hook consisted of attempting to "thread" a | | | | without multiple sets of pre-tied gang hooks. They |
| worm onto a single hook that entirely too large in an | | | | are as much a part of my fishing repertoire as any of |
| effort to make said worm appear somewhat natural. | | | | my fishing gear. When it comes to baiting a hook, |
| Baiting a hook in this manner, although popular, usually | | | | gang hooks are the only way to go. I know, from |
| results is smaller fish "picking" your worm to pieces | | | | experience, that gang hooks will out fish single hooks |
| without ever being hooked. | | | | by a factor of at least 2 to 1. I'll take those odds |
| With a set of gang hooks a live worm can be | | | | every day of the week, and so should you. |
| presented in a completely natural and outstretched | | | | |