Haven’t set a hook in years. It is a combination of rod, line, and jig heads. And I’m pretty sure the way I fish has something to do with it also. I use a constant twitch. During my retrieve I hold the rod tip almost straight up. I believe that method, along with the lines I use, and the extremely sharp jig heads are why I don’t need a hook set. Many of the rods I fish with are solid tips. While very soft in the first 10 inches of the rod they get fast real quick. In years past I used a nylon line that had way too much stretch and I’m sure it cost me hook ups. The Varivas Twitch Master VLS is the only nylon line I will use. I have several rods that are slow and I have no problems with them either. The Tict Rockin Drift is about as slow as they come and have never used a hook set with it. I just continue to reel and the fish is hooked. Another rod is the Slow Taper Special, no hook set. While those rods I named may be high end rods low end JDM rods perform the same. The Palms Egeria XUL is a very soft rod, no hook set. I have not had an issue with the Iprimi XXUL rod either. But it is rare I fish soft plastics with that rod. I own several Fine Tail stream rods that are short. Same with them, no hook set. As I said I think my twitch method has some to do with the hook up and of course the Saq Sas hooks on my jig heads and some lures. When fishing the D 2 jig for trout if you don’t set the hook you won’t catch many fish, but it is a completely different retrieve method, and to be honest to those of us used to JDM hooks the D2 hook is dull. No twitch, just pop it and let it fall. But I have to tell you I would love to see the D2 jig built on a Saq Sas hook. I really believe one might get away with no hook set using that hook. I am forever spoiled on sharp hooks and just will not settle for a jig head that is dull. I mean if you think about never setting the hook on KY bass, large mouth, Smallies, and you get hook penetration in the boney part of the mouth that’s pretty impressive.


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