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Originally Posted by Back Beach
...hooks with the turned back eyes ...so you can snug the snell knot right up against it and still have a straight pull on the hook shank.
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This is how you achieve a straight pull with a turned down eye, and the reason for snelling such hooks I thought.
Why snell a straight eyed hook and lose the straight pull ????
Palomar with heavy leader- why? Huge knot with a breaking strength far above that of the main line????