I. There are several kinds of hook materials
Fish hooks are used for fishing
, and their material is very important. There are many materials that can be used to make hooks. Here are some common ones.
Generally speaking, there are three main materials for making fish hooks, carbon steel, high carbon steel and alloy steel, among which carbon steel fish hooks are the most common, because they are more cost-effective, but Most of the good fish hooks are made of alloy steel, such as tungsten steel, titanium alloy, etc., which have good sturdiness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance. There used to be copper hooks, but they have been phased out because copper is too soft and easy to be straightened by big fish.
Second, The sharper the hook, the better?
The material selection of the hook is related to its sharpness. Think the sharper the hook the better.
However, the sharpness has brought new problems. It is difficult to maintain the sharpness. , but also more easily damaged.
Therefore, in general, if you are a hobby of fishing and you are fishing often, you don’t need to pursue a hook that is too sharp, just enough; the sharper the hook for competition, the better.
Three, how to judge whether the sharpness of the hook is qualified?
Although you don’t need a too sharp hook when fishing, but if the sharpness is not enough , if the hook is too blunt, you can’t catch fish, so when buying a hook, you should also pay attention to judging the sharpness of the hook. Generally, there are two methods:
1.
Under normal circumstances, the thickness of the human pinky fingernail is not very different from the thickness of the scales of the big fish, and the thickness of the scales of the big fish is often similar to the thickness of the fish lip, so Experienced old birds will use a fish hook to pierce the nail plate lightly. If it can be easily pierced, it means that they have passed the test.
2, A4 paper test
If you don’t have long nails or don’t want to break your nails, you can also use a piece of A4 paper to test, and fold the A4 paper in half , after three consecutive folds in half, puncture with the hook tip of the fish hook. If it can be pierced, it means that the sharpness is very good, at least it meets our needs. It’s sharp, and no matter how thick it is, it’s not necessary.