Jig Question

[tombanjo]

For all manufacturers or sellers: Is there any reason for a hook on a 47 or 67 jig to straighten out with a drag loosely set for only 20lb line?

[rumster]

Originally Posted by tombanjo

For all manufacturers or sellers: Is there any reason for a hook on a 47 or 67 jig to straighten out with a drag loosely set for only 20lb line?

You would think not. If your drag is set loose and your only using 20lb test you would think the line would break before the hook would bend.

[frugalfisherman]

It's a brass hook.

[reefsquater]

Unless it is a really thin hook the line should pop before the hook bends

[tombanjo]

Unless there's something I'm not understanding, which happens frequently, the hook attached to a 27 or 47 should not bend under pressure with 20 lb line. Otherwise it shouldn't be on there. These are store bought, not some parking lot guy or off the internet.

[reason162]

20 lb braid or mono?

[The Sinker Man]

Could be just a flaw in that hook or batch of hook you are using..Duritin hooks ( silver ones ) will bend before they break. But under the conditions you describe, I would say a flaw in the hook or hooks.

[tombanjo]

Mono and there must be a whole lotta flaws goin' on. Been happening from many different sources for years. I've been swapping them out for the most part lately.

[kurtisb]

This happened to me today on a small snag. Didn't pull hard, but it broke off.

[1captainron]

More Chinese shit on the market.....