Yeah, that's why I stopped using them. I crush down the barbs down on all my hooks, as I am a CPR crappie angler. I break about every 3rd. or 4th. hook point doing this, so had to resort to other hooks instead.
Can they be annealed or is there another way to make them soft enough to bend a little? I broke off at least 7 or 8 times yesterday while fishing tree tops. Once they got stuck there was no saving them with 4 lb test line. I've had pretty good luck pulling off hang ups while using light wire hooks. I wish I hadn't gone on a buying spree and stocked up on a couple hundred sickle hook jig heads before trying them out a little more.
Yeah, that's why I stopped using them. I crush down the barbs down on all my hooks, as I am a CPR crappie angler. I break about every 3rd. or 4th. hook point doing this, so had to resort to other hooks instead.
I use these lite-wire hooks, he also makes a sickle hook which is pretty lite.
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I send out lots of hooks and don't recognize by name on CC but if you ordered them from me just let me know and I will swap them out.
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You could try it...you will have to hold the head in water while you heat the hook red hot with a fine point torch. I have never tried it. But I do a lot of braze welding...and any copper we heat above about 1000 degrees is annealed. But depending on the bronze composition of the hook they may or may not.
I didn't order them from you, but I will order some replacements from you.
EDIT: I ordered these before I knew anyone on C.com sold this stuff. I have nothing against the guy that I bought them from. It's not his fault. I didn't mean my post pre-edit to sound like I meant it that way. I bought them off ebay and the seller has been great to work with and he might take them back if I asked, but it's not his fault I bought them, nor would it be your fault if I bought them from you. They're fine for dock shooting, or vertical jigging but they aren't too tree limb friendly when fishing tree tops...
I heated the gold hooks for several years. Works OK but often they will break. But it does make them bend little better
With 4 pound test line.....you will still loose a lot of hooks.
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