Hooklength materials

[Tom]

What do people tend to use as their hooklength materials?

Do you use flourocarbox, braid, coated braid?

I'm currently using either Korda I.Q flourocarbon, Fox Coretex, Suffix Stealthskin or Kryston snakeskin. Although i tend to favour the stealthskin or coretex as I'll confess to having difficulty using the kryston snakeskin as it tends to fall apart when i try to strip the coating back.

[Jellybean]

Fox coretext here too

[davidh]

I prefer to use Suffix Snakeskin as it can appear well camouflaged on a clay bottom

[MonkeyBoy]

Pallatrax Steam link is a good bet

[zebs]

As i'm new to this, what is the best breaking strain about 10lb for hook length, and which do you all recomend that i buy, i've bought some 15lb Korda IQ as a stiff rig...any help would be great...zebs

[zebs]

I read in a magazine they were using 45lb hook lengths isn't that a bit much, what B.S do you all use????

[Tom]

Definately overkill that. I'd normally use a 10-12lb BS hooklength material and 15lb maximum as my main line is 15lb that way the hooklength will give first and if it does then the fish will only be trailing around 6 to 8 inches of line rather than a hundred yards. However i often use 30lb leadcore in my rigs but even so i'm always careful to make sure the hooklength gives first.

[davidh]

Might have been a misprint? like 45lb leadcore but said hook length instead maybe

[zebs]

It was the guy who got the World record in France i think, the other Guy had a big River carp, Both had 45lb hooklengths i'm sure of it, but thanks for the info i know what B.S to buy now for Hook length as wellas Mainline , thanks alot...zebs

[Tom]

Ah, i got the wrong idea I thought you meant for fishing in the UK

I can see that'd make sense because they were probably using a much higher BS hooklength and main line plus on the continent most waters can be particularly snaggy.