Both the pound shop and the 99p shop in Coventry are currently selling eyed barbless hooks and swivels. In addition, the 99p shop is doing two jelly lures for....99p.
I bought a pack of hooks from each outlet the other week and destruction tested them in my back garden. Although I could destroy them it took quite a bit of effort, and one of them handled a pretty violent fight in the field with a double figure barbel just last week. Others landed seven carp to just over double figures from Stockton on Saturday.
They have really good sharpness and a nice pattern. The smaller ones look really good for paste.
I Qc'd the hooks myself and chucked out perhaps ten percent due to malformed eyes or other faults. Still, I ended up with perhaps 80 hooks for a quid.
I've yet to use the jelly lures but they look OK. The first thing I will do is remove the bottom treble so they won't catch bottom.
Worth a look?
Cheers.
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