Does an offset hook with a snell knot have the same advantages as a straight shank hook?

As a straight shank hook and a snell knot.

I haven't noticed a difference in how my knots smell no matter what kind of hook it is.

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I've started testing snells on offset worm hooks. Just from looking at them I suspect a straight pull on the shank might improve hook ups but the jury is still out.

I have been using the snell knot on all my T-rigged baits since ice out last spring and have found that there are no negatives to doing it if you are using a quality hook.

Straight shank (with the black heat shrink tubing bait keepers) do "Kick" the hook point further, exposing the point to the fish better. However I was tearing up baits more and they did slide around a lot still.

EWG-Type hooks worked fine, but due to their geometry the hook point is sort of "tucked" in more not exposing the hook point as well (see my attachment). Enough to lose more fish? Maybe 1 in 100 hooksets. But with all the other variables involved in a hookset, I'd say there's not a significant effect.

Some regular offset hooks like this Mustad http://www.mustad.no...oduct.php?id=33 allow the hook point to be way more exposed on the hookset than an EWG and hold the bait on better (IMO) than the straight shank. Best of both worlds. However if you are flipping (50lb braid on a flipping stick) with a lighter hook like this you could/will bend some of them open a bit as they aren't as beafy as the straight shanked hooks. If you are using fluro or mono, or just fishing them like a regular T-rigged worm on lighter than flipping tackle, the bending is of far less a concern.

I've only had an 11lb Bowfin basically twist out and open up a hook doing the snell knot. Usually an 11lb Bowfin will also rob you at knife point and steal your girlfriend, so bending any hook on that should be expected.

i started using the snell knot for different reasons. I was having a problem of my braid pulling through the little gap on the eye of the hook with a palomer or fisherman's knot. I lost several good fish before I realized what was going on! Started using a snell know and no more problems! Can't tell any difference in hook up ratio's. Seems like i don't lose as many fish during the fight but that's probably just in my head!

Done a lot of searching and found a knot called LFT knot. I have tried it the last couple of days on an offset hook and i like it a lot. It is a snell knot but he ties it a different way. Thanks for all the replies.

Never, and I mean never, smell another mans knot.

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A-Jay