sam vimes
Well-known member
I am not trying to change anyone’s mind and sacred cows and sacred anglers are not my thing, the old adage of if something doesn’t look right it probably isn’t and I just couldn’t get used to what looks a bit “not right” to me with a spade end hook.
I would hope by now that it's quite apparent that I'm not interested in doing things to follow convention, or some name angler(s). I'm all for the slaying of sacred cows. I use long rods in situations that people tell me I shouldn't. I use types of floats of a size that people say are all wrong for the application. I've barely used a shot for my float fishing in the last three years, I'd rather use olivettes. I'm also prone to using hooklinks way shorter than I'm supposed to.
However, the truth is that I feel the exact opposite to you. To me, small eyed hooks look all wrong and sit all wrong. Extensive use of spades means that I share none of the doubts about them. If I had any doubts, rest assured, I'd be using eyed for everything. I could certainly make do with eyed if forced to, but I'd have to be forced.