Hooks for Knot tying practice

[Copley, Easton (FW)]

I am looking for some large hooks to use with participants when I teach knot tying. The hooks don’t have to be sharp, I mainly need the shape.

 

Aside from bending a coat hanger into the shape does anyone have a recommendation or a link to some cheap oversized educational hooks?

Thank you,

 

Easton Copley

Aquatic Education Program Coordinator

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

#1 Sportsman ln Frankfort Ky 40601

Phone: 502-330-1411

Easton...@ky.gov

 

[Wical, Jenifer M (DNR)]

If you just need the ‘eye’ use a lag screw (eye screw).

 

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[Andrew Branson]

If you’re wanting a very large hook that’s great for the instructor to hold up and demonstrate, try this 19/0 shark hook.

Hooks Shark Ultimate Priced Per Hook | Memphis Net & Twine

 

Andrew Branson

Fisheries Programs Specialist

Missouri Department of Conservation

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I am looking for some large hooks to use with participants when I teach knot tying. The hooks don’t have to be sharp, I mainly need the shape.

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[Gigar, Barb]

Easton,

I do training for educators on low or no budgets, so I use sets of the cheap metal shower rings with braided clothesline rope or parachord. I can provide a classroom set for less than $5 and it all fits in a  Ziplock bag. 

If you want to spend more money and want a more fun option, we swiped an idea from Nebraska that includes plastic fish used to make lures and key rings. They cost about $1 each.

Some naturalists I work with fashioned some pretty cool hooks out of heavy wire as well.

The shark hooks look cool, but they are bulky, heavy, and very sharp.

Note: If you are not a member of AREA, you should join - I am sure my aquatic ed. colleagues across the country have even more ideas - www.Areanet.org  (shameless plug :) 

BARB GIGAR • Aquatic Education, Project WILD Communication, Outreach & Marketing Bureau Iowa Department of Natural Resources P: 515-494-3891

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[Bruce Rich]

You can get eye bolts, that will work well for this purpose, at the hardware store for less than a dollar apiece. 

Bruce Rich

Montana Master Hunter Program

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[Ernst, Joelle N (DEC)]

New York also uses eye bolts and smooth braided rope for knot tying instruction. They’ve worked well for teaching the improved clinch and palomar knots.  

 

Joelle Ernst

Fisheries Outreach & Education Unit Leader, Division of Fish & Wildlife

 

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-4753

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[Nalley, Amanda]

One of our staff mentioned those cheap carabiners work well. We also have used big hooks like shark hooks that we dip the pointy parts in wax or flex paste but that isn’t always as cheap.  And some have made some from hangers.

 

 

Amanda Nalley, FWC

 

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[Maccabe, Emily]

I have a couple kits I purchased from Mark Stephens at Project F.I.S.H. He made them from plastic coat hangers and they work great! 

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