Tying fishing hooks
- First pass the trace through the eye of the hook from the front of the hook. Only pass it through about half an inch.
- Hold the shank of the hook and the half inch tab end and wrap the trace around both the shank of the hook and the tab end 7 or 8 turns.
- Pass the trace back down through the eye of the hook from the back of the hook.
- Pull the trace tight while holding the hook to set the snell.
- There should be very little or no tag end protruding when the knot is set.
If the hook curls up towards the trace you have snelled
the hook correctly. We believe that snelling a hook like this makes the trace
act as a spring and improves the hook up rate and also prevents the fish from
throwing the hook.
