Hooks

These hold the bait and are used to “hook“ the fish. Modern hooks are designed to do minimum harm to fish but are very sharp, therefore care must be taken when handling them to avoid being pricked. Barbless hooks are safer and should always be used. To make them easier to use the hooks are tied to short lengths of  fine line. Be careful when unwinding the line to avoid knots.

Get a selection of hooks to cover the different techniques you are going to try. Get barbless hooks so you will be able to get the hook out with a disgorger without injuring the fish if you are late striking after a bite.

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Here's a guide of the best choice for the 13 sizes of hook available to use for baits presented directly onto the hook for the coarse angler.

Hook Size
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26


24


22


20



18



16



14



12



8


6


4


2

Bait - on the hook
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Joker, bloodworm


Joker, bloodworm, Squatt


Squatt, bloodworm, pinkie


Squatt, bloodworm, pinkie
2x pinkie, maggot, caster, punched bread, hemp


Maggot, caster, punched bread, redworm,
expander pellet, hemp, tares


2x maggot, 2x caster, punched bread, redworm,
1/2 dendrobaena, sweetcorn, expander pellet, tares


Breadflake, 3x maggot, 2x sweetcorn, dendrobaena, cocktails, expander pellet


Breadflake, paste, meat, 3x sweetcorn,
cocktails, chum mixer


1/2 lobworm, paste, bread crust


Whole lobworm, paste, bread
crust, liphooked livebait

Whole lobworm, paste, bread crust,
liphooked livebait

Paste, liphooked livebait

Bait - hair-rigged
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None


None


None


None



None



None



Single sweetcorn, meat



Double sweetcorn, meat, mini boilie, peanut


21mm pellet, meat, triple sweetcorn,
11mm boilies, 14mm boilies, 2x chum mixer, maize, tiger nut, 14mm pellet

Meat, 16mm boilies, 19mm boilies, 21mm pellets

Meat, 20mm+ pellets, 20mm+ boilies


Meat, 20mm+ pellets, 20mm+ boilies

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