| Gang Hooks are, by far, the most effective hook set | | | | The bottom line is that large fish can be hooked and |
| up that I've ever used. They help me catch many | | | | landed on hooks this small and regularly are. Using |
| more fish (especially trout) than other anglers. You | | | | hooks and line as small as this does require the angler |
| might ask, "How do these hooks help you catch | | | | to "play" the fish for a longer period of time, but |
| more fish? Isn't a hook a hook?" I can understand | | | | what angler has a problem with a good fight? Isn't a |
| how you could be thinking exactly that, so I'm going | | | | good fight one of the reasons we choose to fish in |
| to try to explain why gang hooks are so effective. | | | | the first place? It most certainly is for me. |
| First of all, you probably don't know what a gang | | | | Using size 10 gang hooks has another deadly |
| hook is. A gang hook is simply a pair of hooks tied in | | | | advantage. The anglers bait (obviously gang hooks |
| tandem. That's it, that's all they are. In most cases a | | | | are used for live bait fishing) is presented in a |
| gang hook also consists of a pair of hooks that are | | | | completely natural manner with the hooks being all |
| considerably smaller than you're probably accustomed | | | | but invisible. For example, if a half a night crawler is |
| to. I personally use size 10 hooks for my gang hooks, | | | | used for bait (my personal favorite) the angler hooks |
| and for those of you who don't know, a size 10 | | | | the top of the crawler through the first hook, then |
| hook is pretty small. So, my personal preference is to | | | | stretched the worm out and naturally hooks the |
| tie two size 10 hooks in tandem on four pound test | | | | second hook into the body of the worm. When the |
| monofilament. | | | | angler holds their bait in the air it is presented as an |
| When other anglers see my gang hook setup for the | | | | outstretched worm, the exact same way it will be |
| first time, their reaction is usually that of unbelief. | | | | presented in the water. The deadly thing is that this |
| They don't believe that a fish of any size could be | | | | worm now has two hooks in its body to aid in your |
| landed using a gang hook setup that I'm describing. | | | | fish catching. |
| They couldn't be more wrong. I regularly hook and | | | | This is a totally natural presentation. The worm looks |
| subsequently land twenty inch rainbow and cutthroat | | | | the same as if you just grabbed it and threw it in the |
| trout on gang hooks exactly like I'm describing. Not | | | | water. The factors mentioned above are the reason |
| to mention the fact that I've landed trout in the five | | | | why gang hooks are so effective. I suggest you give |
| pound class and a walleye that was almost eight | | | | them a try as soon as you can, you won't be |
| pounds on the exact setup being described in this | | | | disappointed. |
| article. | | | | |