What do you do with your rigs? Do you re-use hooks and 3-Way rigs or always use new? Do you re-sharpen hooks? If you re-use, for how long?
I will use rigs until the wire is too bent up. Hooks I will use until dull. I will use old rusty hooks from the back of my truck but I won't make a new rig with it.
I build my shark rigs with a wire bite leader tied to a heavy mono "rub leader"then tie to my braid, if the wire isn't too beaten up I may re-use it but the hook gets re-sharpened and the rub leader is replaced. My bat ray rigs are "cannonball" rigs and I simply re-build them by sharpening the hook and replacing the mono.
But don't take that for gospel as the people who know me know I build my rigs in case either the tax man or a record ray happen to mistake my offerings for something that they should eat rather than the nutty examples of over build that they are...... ??? ::)
Definitely re use. Just take care of them and throw your rigs in a bucket of fresh water for a bit after each use. Sharpen your hooks and examine the rig and make sure it's still in good shape.
Yeah ... all of the above i guess... ;D ;D ;D
I keep my swivels, cut off and discard all the leader and give my dull hooks to the Rasta Man so he could lose big fish. :o
Wait ... I though STICKS was the rubber hook guy ... :P :P :P
: Latimeria March 24, 2015, 07:38:47 p
I keep my swivels, cut off and discard all the leader and give my dull hooks to the Rasta Man so he could lose big fish. :o
X2, I keep my swivels but discard the rest. I figure hooks and wire are the "cheapest" part of my addition :o
: Latimeria March 24, 2015, 07:38:47 p
I keep my swivels, cut off and discard all the leader and give my dull hooks to the Rasta Man so he could lose big fish. :o
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
I've been soaking my rusted hooks in WD40 to stop the rusting then I reuse. I guess the same as everyone else, use til you can't use no more.