No hook will stand up to a beating against rocks. Tiemco hooks are as high
of quality as you can buy. The problem is your backcast, not the hook. You
need to stop at 1:00 or before with enough power to keep you backcast high.
One way to think of it is that the horizontal plane of your cast needs to be
tilted forward when you have a problem with rocks behind you. If the
terrain behind you still limits your cast then a roll cast is called for.
good luck,
Keith Bell
-----Original Message-----
From: carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 7:53 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: brittle hooks
Fished Whidbey intensive middle two weeks of February.
Did well. One 20 inch SRC. However, lost many hook tips on
backcasts during high tide. Used Tiemco salt water hooks for the first
time. They seem to be aluminum. Not worth the price.
Bruce Carpenter
Clinton
