Novice anglers often ask what hooks to fish with! This question is too difficult to answer, because there are many big fish that use small hooks to land, and there are many small fish caught with large hooks, and there is really no fixed standard to say that how big a fish to catch must be how big a hook to use!
So it does not mean that there is no law in the use of hooks, as the saying goes, catch big fish with large hooks, catch small fish with small hooks, this is a kind of law, but it is too general! I think there is a concept that is particularly suitable for guiding the selection of the size of the hook, and that is the "adaptation range"!
Adaptation range, as the name suggests, the best model equipped with the range. Using this concept to choose the size of the hook is very appropriate and easy to understand! This interval corresponds to each hook type. For example, when fishing for small fish, we will choose the hook type of the cuff hook for fishing, then the best size of the cuff hook (that is, the adaptation range) is 2 to 5; when fishing for large individual fish, we will choose the hook type of Izu for fishing, and the adaptation interval is 4 to 9!
The best size can be used beyond this range, but it becomes very impractical! Also take the sleeve hook as an example, if you use more than 5, such as 7, then the target fish may not be a small fish, at least a relatively large small fish! It can be completely replaced by Izu 5, and the operation during fishing is safer, more assured and more practical.
This is the concept of the best adaptation range of the fish hook, after finding the best adaptation range of each hook type, you no longer have to struggle with the problem of the size of the hook, just choose the hook number in the interval! Note that we're talking about wild fishing!
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the optimal adaptation interval corresponds to the hook type, and the basic principles of selecting the hook type category should be understood</h1>
This is a prerequisite, if you do not understand the basic knowledge of hook type, you can only choose the size of the hook by visual measurement, even if you choose the size of the hook, there may be such and such problems in the actual fishing process!
For example, when fishing for small fish, we generally choose the sleeve hook for fishing, the sleeve hook is a hook type, the hook is thin, the hook is light, the hook handle is long, the hook width is small, and so on, these characteristics determine that the sleeve hook is very suitable for fishing small fish! If you don't understand this knowledge point, and choose Izu or Isenail that looks like the same size to fish, the actual fishing effect may be much worse.
This is because Izu or Ishini, especially Ishini, the hook is much thicker and larger in quality than the sleeve hook, and some of the advantages of the sleeve hook in fishing for small fish may not be completely lacking, if the choice of Ishini is larger, it is more counterproductive!
Therefore, to understand the basic rules of choosing a hook type, take the common hook type as an example, if you catch small fish, the sleeve hook, stream, Akita arc, etc. are good choices, and if you catch big fish, Chiyo, Izu, etc. are also good choices, they are more suitable for fishing big fish! I don't usually use Isenay!
Generally speaking, there are two or four hook types that are basically enough for fishing! Under this premise, the size of the hook can be further selected, that is, the size of the corresponding hook type, and the optimal adaptation range can be found.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the division of the optimal adaptation interval, mostly the median value of all ticks</h1>
This is easy to understand, the reason why each hook type is designed as a difference between large and small hook numbers, the purpose is to take into account the size of the target fish, small hook fishing smaller, large hook fishing larger, and each type of fish is almost the most middle size, so this medium value is the widest and most representative!
The middle value is not a single one, generally choose 3 to 4 is the best, such as Izu hook, 4 ~ 9 is the middle value I set, this range is actually very large, in this range with the hook can be a good balance of size, with no. 4 and with no. 9 in fact, in terms of the size of the fish that can be caught is not too bad!
It is not easy to understand this, it is simple to say that the data is simple, assuming that the smallest fish that Can Be caught on No. 4 is 2 two, and the largest fish that Can Be caught on No. 9 is 10 pounds, then the fish that can be fished for 10 pounds with No. 4 and the fish that can be fished with No. 9 can be easily coped with.
This method of taking the middle value also depends on the general size of the target fish species to determine, the sleeve hook is a bit special, we generally use the sleeve hook to catch crucian carp, crucian carp this species is not like before, the current crucian carp is generally small, that is to say, crucian carp in the relatively small range of individuals, the largest number, so, the best adaptation range of the sleeve hook moved down, will be moderately small, for 2 to 5.
Most of the rest of the freshwater fish species are the most intermediate individuals, corresponding to the choice of the middle value, and take a few hook numbers in the middle section! If you really don't know how to determine accurately, you can find out all the hook numbers of a hook type on the Internet, select the number in the middle, move two numbers up and down, and really don't work, just use the number in the middle.
This is the easiest method for beginners to operate, there are quantifications, there are standards!
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the reasons why the hook in the hyper-interval is not practical</h1>
For three main reasons, it is not recommended to use a hook for hyper-interval:
(1) The size of the hook in the interval is already the most complete difference in the individual coverage of the target fish
In this case, the use of hooks beyond the optimal adaptation range is bound to cause the use of large hooks to catch small fish and small hooks to catch large fish! For a simple example, using the No. 8 cuff hook to fish for crucian carp, in the wild environment, there are the most crucian carp within 1 two, and fishing with no. 8 sleeve will definitely turn away a considerable part of the crucian carp of this size, which loses the significance of choosing the cuff hook to catch crucian carp!
Small crucian carp
At the same time, if you use the No. 8 sleeve hook to catch big fish, you lose the pertinence of the target fish, and you can completely replace the No. 8 sleeve hook with other hook types, which is more stable than its performance in catching big fish.
(2) Choosing the size of the hook within the best range can already adapt to most of the scenes in wild fishing
Wild fishing hook is actually really not complicated, although the wild fish species are more diverse, individual size is also very different, as long as you follow the principle of using the hook, properly consider the target fish caught, try to first determine the hook type according to the different target fish, and then the choice of the size of the hook is very simple, only take the middle value, and then fine-tune according to the specific situation!
Identify the target fish first
This river crucian carp is generally mahjong crucian carp, then in the range of the range of the hook down call the size of the hook, with the No. 2 hook can be, if the crucian carp is large, often there is a half pound of large plate, then use the No. 5 on the line, in this range the size of the fish hook can almost cover the common size of crucian carp. This situation shows that there is no need to use a hook in the hyper-interval!
(3) When responding to changes in fish conditions, it is mainly not on the hook
When the fish situation changes, many anglers will start from the hook, line to change the response, of course, this operation is no problem, and the most fundamental is to adjust from the bait configuration, especially wild fishing, hook and line adjustment is of little significance.
Even if you need to adjust, you don't need to use a hook for the super zone! For example, with Izu for fishing, when the fish mouth becomes lighter, the hook number is used to No. 3, so that the use of the super range, it is better to directly replace it with a lighter cuff hook, and the cuff hook is also selected in the best adaptation range!
Line group adjustment
The first and second points above are a bit repetitive at first glance, and the actual meaning represented is different!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > continued</h1>
The content of this article is a lot of words, in fact, it is fundamentally to solve the problem of the size of the hook, which is for fishing novices, and this problem is the most entangled problem for novices!
The reason why the method of dividing the adaptation interval is used to choose the size of the hook, because this simplifies the problem and makes the process simple, only need to operate according to this standard, if you do not know the intermediate value of a hook type, directly check out all the hook ranges on the Internet, and then pick out the middle value!
Reading this, you may have found that this method is very simple and very easy to use, but it seems obscure to express it in words, and finally it can be understood, hoping to help the majority of novice friends!
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Original article: Yao Laodao