Territory Lad 1,137 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Anyone have experience with them? Good, bad or indifferent? I picked up a set when I couldnt get my normal Atomics and have had mixed results. Pros: super sharp and great hook up rate Cons: the snell came undone on one set on the 1st session, not even 6 YFW down. I also lost a fish to a snapped hook on another set. Im realistic about it, this may simply have been a dud batch - tackle store and everything I have seen / read seems to support this, but wanted to check if anyone else here had experiences of their own. TL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yorky 309 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 @Territory Lad I've been using them for a couple of years now and am pretty happy with them with no failures except having a hook bitten off by a toadie that grabbed my sinking stickbait Cheers Yorky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Territory Lad 1,137 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 @Yorky good to know. Hopefully I just had a dud batch. Thanks mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB tragic 743 Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 What size hooks do they have? Regards HBt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Territory Lad 1,137 Posted October 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 @HB tragic Not 100% sure mate. They dont use the standard 10, 8, 6, 1/0 etc sizing. The ones I got were SS. From memory they come is 5 or so sizes/categories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,786 Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Since I bought this $7 set of digital luggage scales - I test all my tackle to see what it can handle so there are less surprises out on the water. Its better to break a product during testing than on a fish I test braids, leaders, jigheads, snaps, trebles, drag settings etc. Its very comforting to know exactly how hard you can pull and what your tackle can do. There will still be some surprises out on the water like crushed hooks - opened snaps and unexplained breakages - but if I know I can dead lift a 2kg fish out of the water but a 3kg fish will max out my jighead - it saves some heartache Squid Inc. and dutchy 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,786 Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 There will be a point when you know you're taking your testing too far........ Squid Inc. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,786 Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 And while I find the process of testing tackle less than thrilling - I'm always glad I did it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Territory Lad 1,137 Posted November 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) This is getting a touch frustrating. Had another session on the flats last week and had two more failures. One snapped clean in half again and the other bent completely out of shape. The one that bent out of shape was new on the day and by the 2nd fish was a wreck. You can see in the pic below its been opened and is all twisted out of shape. The whiting that did the above were both mid 30s, so good size but not absolute brutes. A mate of mine had a few spare from the next size up (S) so I have placed a set of these on a few of my surface lures to see if the larger guage helps. Time will tell. Edited November 15, 2018 by Territory Lad Typo doobie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yorky 309 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Territory Lad said: This is getting a touch frustrating. Had another session on the flats last week and had two more failures. One snapped clean in half again and the other bent completely out of shape. The one that bent out of shape was new on the day and by the 2nd fish was a wreck. You can see in the pic below its been opened and is all twisted out of shape. The whiting that did the above were both mid 30s, so good size but not absolute brutes. A mate of mine had a few spare from the next size up (S) so I have placed a set of these on a few of my surface lures to see if the larger guage helps. Time will tell. I actually upgraded from the "SS" to the "S" last year but this wasn't due to hook failure it was because I was dropping a few fish, I have found the "S" size better Cheers Yorky doobie and Territory Lad 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 No answers for you TL, but that is frustrating as you say - not monster fish and brand new ! Territory Lad 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Territory Lad 1,137 Posted November 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 @Yorky thats good to know. Hopefully Ill see an improvement by doing the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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