Opening eyes on Hooks
 

Opening the eye of a hook can be a painful task.
Here is the way I do it, Using a vice and a nail set.
Place the nail set in the vice, so that approximatly 3/16"
is sticking in. This will give the gap needed to open the
eye when you tap the nail set, to handle most swivels
see ( pics below )

For those who do not have a vice. Get a piece of 2x4 drill a
3/16" whole in it. Try lining the point of the hook up to the
edge of the board.Close the eye with a vice grips.

Thanks for looking Richie

Re: Opening eyes on Hooks
 

Thanks for the tip. I was looking for you at the show yesterday.

Jon

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Nice idea!

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Thanks for the tip.

Have you performed thiis successfully with a forged Gami? I see in the example that you are using SS.

Thanks again

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I have done a few but more breakage then its worth. even after opening when I went to close they break. The Circle hooks are not SS just chromed.

Thanks for looking guys

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ok i have done this one with great success a vise is a very handy tool to have with this one or a good pair of vice grips and a friend with steady hands cause youll need to be holding the other one after a few times itll get real easy.
Heat is the missing element in all of what I have just read posted and if you use a simple propane or mapp gas torch and heat the eye up cherry red it is very easy to manipulate with a pair of vise grips while the hook is locked in the vice just keep the temp up when you are working get the snap, or whatever ring, or such- reheat fast ,and close- dont dip in water to cool!

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Hey guys, the way i have been opening eyes is, I take a pair of cutting pliers and put the cutting edge in the end of the eye between the shank and eye and just give a squeeze it opens right up, of course it helps if the cutters have a pretty good taper so it opens wide enough but works good for me. Just an extra idea for eveyone, dont need a vise and can do on the boat. Hope this helps someone.
Tight lines.
Ray

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thinking of adding bleeding bait colored trailer hooks to my spinnerbaits, would this procedure apply to that situation?