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The self-hooking feeder, as well as for other types of fishing tackle, refers to auxiliary devices, whose usefulness and effectiveness are determined by the time and circumstances of fishing. Such devices appeared not very long ago.
At first it was a variety homemade devices, which savvy fishermen invented and made for their fishing rods and snacks. Now many devices that contribute to the automatic hooking of fish are produced by industrial enterprises.
Purpose of automatic undercutters
As you know, the most active and interesting part of fishing begins at the moment when the fish bite. Some types of fish are cautious, others not so much, they begin to taste the bait. It is at this moment that you need to make effective hooking. Such hooking is quite possible if you fish with one rod, and even better - if you constantly hold it in your hands.
Expert opinion
Knipovich Nikolai Mikhailovich
Important! Always, on every fishing trip, you need to take into account the physiological characteristics of the type of fish you are catching. The strength and speed with which it needs to be cut depends on this.
If you are fishing with multiple gear, which is often the case in feeder fishing, you simply may not have enough time to react to a bite, run to the right rod and set the hook.
Self-hooking hooks for fishing, just in such cases, will be very useful. Their main purpose is timely and with the necessary effort to hook the fish, even without the participation of the angler in this process. These devices, during the bite, provide the necessary jerk of the snap in automatic mode. Quite often, experienced anglers, based on a self-developed design, make a spinning hook with their own hands.
Types of automatic undercutters
Absolutely any fishing rods and bottom gear can be equipped with such devices designed for hooking fish without the participation of an angler. Most often these mechanisms, depending on its structure, equipped with ordinary snacks, feeder gear and even float fishing rods.
A self-hooking device designed for spinning also exists, although many anglers doubt its necessity, because spinning fishing assumes that the blank is in the hands of the angler all the time. It is rational to use the spinning auto hook only when trolling or if the spinning is adapted for.
An automatic fishing rod with an autohook is useful when long fishing when the angler cannot always be near her, as well as in the case when fishing is carried out on several (sometimes 4-5) rods.
Depending on their design and manufacturer, these devices are divided into the following types:
- Improved gear. This type includes floats and hooks, which, due to certain changes in their design, allow hooking fish without the participation of a fisherman.
- Various homemade designs. As a rule, a do-it-yourself fish hooker and its operation scheme is based on the same principle of operation as an ordinary mousetrap. The main driving force in them is either dense rubber or a stretched spring of the required power.
- Industrial devices. This type includes technological mechanisms that were originally designed for a particular tackle.
Anglers often improve industrial designs of self-hooking devices to suit their requirements, increasing or, conversely, somewhat weakening their sensitivity and strength of action.
Features of various types of hooks
The most important characteristic in the action of any automatic hooker is undoubtedly the force with which it affects the prey. In accordance with the required impact force, the tension power of the springs or rubber used in the device is calculated. It is, as a rule, the more significant, the heavier the tackle for which the mechanism is intended. For example, a feeder hook requires more actuation force than a donkey hook with a short or no stick.
Expert opinion
Knipovich Nikolai Mikhailovich
Zoologist, hydrobiologist. I am a professional fisherman.
Attention! As a rule, over time, the springs stretch and lose some of their power. This must be taken into account when setting up the self-hooking mechanism.
It is also important to take into account the power required for removing the device from the safety stop and initiating the cutting itself. Stoppers and triggers, depending on the gear, also come in different designs and power, but, what is necessary, they all must be sensitive enough, this will ensure that the device responds to any, the most careful bite.
It should be borne in mind that an industrially made fishing hook is calculated for a certain gear, with specific requirements, only if it comes with this gear. The rest of the industrial mechanisms, which have different principles of operation and power, must be selected for your tackle on your own and, if necessary, modified.
A do-it-yourself hook always takes into account the characteristics of that rod, the tackle for which it was conceived and made. For example, a do-it-yourself spinning hook should take into account the following factors:
- Weight and .
- Approximate casting distance. This is important for an approximate calculation of the weight of the equipment in the water.
- When trolling - the strength of the current and the speed of the boat.
- The size of the expected trophies, their type, as well as how the bite of this type of fish usually occurs (carefully or quickly).
If the angler, who independently manufactures an automatic hook for his tackle, manages to take into account all these factors and make a suitable device, the number of unnoticed or empty bites will be significantly reduced.
In the manufacture of hooks designed for bottom gear, anglers often use a variety of runners in combination with rubber bands or converted mousetraps. Also common are vertical posts that are fixed in the ground or at the side of the boat, with powerful springs and appropriate stoppers.
Apart, among all devices for automatic hooking of fish, are floats and hooks.
A float that promotes self-hooking of fish is, as a rule, an ordinary float with an elongated central rod, supplemented by a disk of non-sinking material with a hole in the center for the passage of the upper part of the float rod and a special stopper (thickening) in the upper part of this rod. When biting, the main part of the body of the float goes under water, but at the end, the stopper interacts with the disk, which sharply slows down its going under water and contributes to the self-hooking of the fish.
Self-locking hooks have a modified shape, somewhat similar to a spring, which contributes to its deep penetration into the throat of the fish and its notching. Such hooks are produced by only a few foreign enterprises and are rarely found on sale. Their main drawback is that it is very difficult to release the caught fish from such a hook.
An example of a homemade self-cutting feeder
Let's take a look at one of the options for an automatic hook for a feeder, in which the rod is attached to the swinging element of the rack, like a rocker arm, and hooking occurs due to spring compression. Such a mechanism is quite possible to do it yourself. Its design and principle of operation is easy to understand by understanding the following diagram:
Self-hooking in 5 minutes.
This self-hooking known to me since childhood. They came up with it (or rather, I saw it for the first time) at the very beginning of the 70s. At that time we were catching only crucians on donkeys. The most advanced fishermen took out model aircraft tires somewhere along the lines and fished on bottoms with a rubber shock absorber. It was at such a fisherman that I first saw this self-hooking. And how we envied him ... He slowly walked along the shore or stopped and talked with one of the fishermen on the shore, defiantly not paying attention to his bottom. But, when there was a dull click, he flew like a bullet to the bottom and quickly took out, guaranteed, a hooked fish.
Against the background of the fact that other fishermen all the time sit bent over the bottom and constantly monitor the movements of a piece of lead suspended on a fishing line, this self-hooking seemed like a brilliant invention. It was only later, when we ourselves began to make these self-cutters, that we learned of its shortcomings. Its main drawback is that the samopodsekatel works only when the fish bite from the shore! When pulling the fishing line to the shore, the self-hook does not work! It turns out that you yawn half of the bites if you don’t watch the donkey all the time.
Collect such self-hooking fishing is a matter of 1 minute. And it will take no more than 5 minutes to make a samopodsekatel. We take a CD-type profile for drywall (you can even use an aluminum corner), choose the length of the profile based on the size of the bag with which we go fishing. Now we take a steel rod (wire) and cut a couple of centimeters of thread. In the profile, on the one hand we punch (drill) a hole so that a threaded rod enters. We screw one nut onto the rod to the end of the thread, insert the rod into the hole in the profile and fix it with the second nut. Now we take a piece of model aircraft rubber, equal to half the length of the profile, and insert its ends into the holes of the cardboard strip and tie them. Now we throw a loop of elastic on the rod, as shown in the rusinka. Works self-hooking So:
The sharp end of the rod is stuck into the ground
We take a cardboard bar and stretch the elastic band until the bar lies to the edges of the profile
We insert a stretched scrap of a donkey (donks) into the slot on the cardboard.
Self-hooking ready for work.
Self-hooking made from a U-shaped profile or one section of bamboo split in half. You can adjust the sensitivity of the self-cutting device by raising or lowering the cardboard bar. The closer to the lower edge of the profile the elastic is located, the higher the sensitivity of the self-cutting device will be.
Self hook for fishing helps the angler realize more bites. You can, of course, fish using only (light, sound, etc.), but the percentage of idle hooks increases significantly.
Even self-locking ones do not always work, and this leads to the loss of fish that could be in the cage. That is, timely hooking is considered an important condition for success in fishing, and therefore the hooker becomes an indispensable piece of equipment for most anglers.
Why do you need a self-hook and its advantages
The main purpose of the samopodsekatel is that when pulling the fishing line due to a bite of a fish, make a jerk with the rod, thanks to which the hook will fulfill its function and all that remains is to bring the fish into the landing net.
In this case, a bite signaling device is not enough, because it only informs the angler about the activity of the fish, but does not make an independent hook.
Many anglers have encountered the fact that during fishing, the signaling device registers single “peaks”, and as a result, the number of fish caught does not increase. Even if the fisherman was always near the rod, he still would not have time to hook the shy fish, carefully trying the nozzle.
In such cases, the self-hooking device reacts instantly and even after a light touch of the fish on the nozzle, it immediately makes an automatic hooking. The advantages of using such devices are beyond doubt, because a person is not physically able to react so quickly.
Properly tuned reel friction does not allow hooked fish to cut off the rig or drag it into snags, and the use of self-hooks has a positive effect on the size of the catch and the results of fishing. This is especially pronounced when fishing at night, when the angler is resting and does not monitor the condition of the gear.
Although in the daytime it is not always possible to be near the rods and because of this there are idle alarms of signal devices.
Even when using electronic signaling devices, it is impossible to respond to every light bite of a fish. Self-hooking rigs do not work out weak bites, and only auto-hooking rigs solve this problem.
Varieties of auto hooks
Every missed bite is a potential loss of fish, and it's no surprise that anglers come up with tools to improve their fishing performance.
Such devices include self-cutters installed on:
- rod blank, or located next to the racks on which the donk is installed;
- in front of the leash, when the process of hooking fish occurs under water.
Which version of the self-hooking device is more convenient is up to the angler himself, the main thing is to make a choice consciously and evaluate all the advantages and disadvantages of the design, which, unfortunately, exist.
The design of the samopodsekatel installed next to the bottom or directly on the form involves stretching the fishing line due to the elasticity of the rubber cord used, or the elastic band used in aeromodelling. To fix the elastic and connect to the rod, a wire structure is used, the manufacture of which will be discussed below.
The functionality of the self-hooking device installed in front of the leash is provided by the tension of the rubber or the spring that compresses the wire lever. When pulling the fish, the end of the lever is released, held back by a stretched spring, it straightens and provokes hooking of the fish.
Lead hooks are used mainly by floaters who perform accurate and accurate casting at close range. Donochniks have to throw equipment for long distances and the design of the self-cutting device does not withstand the load, it will straighten up even in flight.
In any case, it is useful for fans of bottom fishing to know how the design of the self-hooking leash is arranged, because it can be used when fishing at a distance of 15–25 meters. In feeder fishing, such distances are quite common, so the use of a self-hooking hook will be fully justified.
Auto hooks also differ in the type of tension material used, and this can be:
- rubber;
- springs;
- hard wire.
The simpler the design of the fixture, the more durable it is, but the service life also depends on the materials used. Structural elements responsible for the tension and actuation of the undercut mechanism must be resistant to moisture, sun and wind.
Rubber in this regard is more profitable than metal springs, but when it comes into contact with sand, burrs appear on it, and then breaks, and it is especially offensive if this happens during a fishing session. Therefore, when fishing, you need to have spare elastic bands with you in order to continue fishing even if the hook breaks.
The springs provide more tension and are more reliable in operation. But even here there are drawbacks associated with the fact that the metal of the spring rusts, and it is still difficult to provide complete protection against moisture while fishing.
Hard steel wire is the cheapest and most affordable material for the manufacture of auto hooks, but it is also “afraid” of water, which means it is short-lived. In any case, home-made devices for cutting donks are not designed for long-term operation, and it is not difficult to make them yourself.
In winter, when open water fishing is not possible, there is time to make self-hooks for the next season in the right quantities.
The benefits of homemade
The under hook is a must for anyone who fishes with more than 2 rods and prefers not to sit in front of a rod pod or racks while fishing, waiting for a bite. For example, the same carp anglers have to wait for a bite for several hours, and each fish caught is very important.
Chinese manufacturers of fishing equipment offer commercially manufactured hooks, but they are not in great demand and are much worse in quality than homemade devices. In addition, when making a do-it-yourself undercut, the angler refines the design in accordance with his needs and makes almost unique things.
The manufacture of home-made samopodsekatel for donkeys does not require significant financial costs, because available and inexpensive materials are used. This is another important argument in favor of making a device for hooking fish with your own hands and not having problems fishing.
Even in strong wind or rain, a well-made autohook remains in working condition until the moment when the fish bite. In anticipation of a bite, the angler can do other things, because the state of his donoks is closely monitored by self-hookers.
Making a samopodsekatel
As you know, when biting, the fish takes a hook with a nozzle, and when creating resistance, the sting penetrates the lip and pinpoints the trophy. That is, the main task of the hook is to create an effort in the direction opposite to the pull of the fish.
As an example, let's take a float tackle, for which it is very easy to make a hook. When biting, the float is immersed in water under the weight of the trophy, and for notching it is enough to increase its buoyancy, or resistance.
To do this, a foam cylinder is glued at the junction of the antenna with the body of the float, and then the antenna is inserted into it. When biting, the float does not sink, as usual, but remains on the surface and due to this, the fish is detected.
From a paper clip
The most common type of donkey auto hook is made from:
- a large paper clip;
- rubber bands for money, or a piece of aircraft model rubber tied with a ring.
This device is fixed on the rod, and after hooking, nothing prevents the angler from calmly bringing the fish into the landing net. Naturally, instead of a paper clip, a piece of hard wire 15–20 cm long is also suitable. The paper clip has an anti-corrosion coating and does not rust after getting wet on a fishing trip. Therefore, in the absence of staples, when choosing a wire, you need to pay attention to the fact that it also has a coating.
Advantages of a paper clip auto-hook:
- small size (5-7 fixtures can easily fit in a medium-sized fishing box);
- quick installation on the rod, as well as dismantling after fishing;
- high sensitivity;
- sharp and clear cutting.
When playing a fish, such a hook does not interfere with the angler and is quickly brought into working position. The main element of the undercut is a wire, and the frame of the product is made from it.
The process of making a self-tapper from a paper clip:
- the paper clip is aligned along the entire length;
- one of the ends of the wire 3 cm long is bent at an angle of 120 degrees, it will cling to the rod ring;
- 1 cm below the curved segment, with the help of round-nose pliers, a ring is made into which rubber will be threaded;
- at the other end of the wire, a rectangle with a side of 2 cm is made with round-nose pliers, a fishing line will be threaded into it;
- 0.5 cm below the rectangle, the paperclip bends at an angle of 90 degrees;
- an elastic band is inserted into the self-hooking ring using the loop-in-loop method.
The samopodsekatel is ready and it remains only to install it on the rod.
For this:
- the elastic band is attached to the coil in any convenient way;
- the curved end of the wire is attached to the first donkey ring.
The tensioned elastic band keeps the self hook in position at an angle of 90 degrees in relation to the rod blank. After casting the tackle, the line is wound into a wire rectangle and the hook is ready to go.
When a fish bites, the line pulls the wire trigger, and the curved end jumps off the rod ring. Due to the elasticity of the rubber, pulling the wire frame behind it, the line is pulled sharply in the direction opposite to the direction of movement of the fish and it is detected.
The maximum sensitivity of the device is already adjusted while fishing, and for this, the end of the wire, fixed on the rod ring, is bent at the desired angle (it can be slightly less or more than 120 degrees). It is enough to imitate the bite of a fish and it will be clearly seen how quickly the curved end of the hook jumps off the rod ring, and how much effort is needed to do this.
For such a self-hook, a rather stiff wire is needed so that it keeps its initial shape even after many hooks. Finding such a wire (if there is no large paper clip) is not difficult at all in any household. The same applies to rubber bands, which are purchased at stationery stores.
In preparation for a trip to the water, anglers make 5-7 of these autohooks, even if they use fewer rods. Still, there are force majeure circumstances in fishing, and it is better to have a stock of devices for hooking fish.
Some anglers hook wire self-hookers not on the lower, but on the upper ring of the rod, but when playing the fish, they interfere with the winding of the line on the reel.
Simple auto hook
The design of the device consists of a wire frame or frame attached to the rack and after casting the tackle, a rod is installed on it. The frame is made in the form of a rectangle without one side, and the tip of the form is placed on the edge next to this "unclosed" side.
When a fish bites, the tip of the rod slides off the frame, it pulls the line behind it and the trophy is spotted. It will take no more than five minutes to make such an auto hook, but it does an excellent job of its functions.
To make this self-tapping hook, you need a rigid wire that can hold the weight of the rod tip even in strong winds. To fix the fishing line in the desired position, a knob made of porous rubber is put on the tip of the stand, on the one hand, it securely holds the fishing line, on the other hand, in case of a bite, it quickly releases it.
It is necessary to transport self-locking devices in a rigid box, because if they are stored simply in a bag, the wire can bend from an accidental blow, or a heavy object placed on top.
Stationary samopodsekatel
Self-cutting donks have become widespread among fishing enthusiasts, and many of them show imagination and modify well-known designs, improving their functionality. Along with devices attached to the rod blank, stationary self-hooking hooks are also used for fishing, which have certain advantages.
First of all, this concerns high sensitivity and finer tuning of stationary devices, and this is important, especially when catching small fish.
So, the advantages of stationary devices are:
- sensitivity;
- functionality;
- fine-tuning for certain conditions of the reservoir;
- durability.
Agree that even with the most careful operation, the paperclip auto-hook is short-lived. Even despite the simplicity of the design, it is not very convenient to make new hooks mounted on the rod before each fishing, and even the strongest and toughest wire still loses its elasticity.
Stationary devices are more durable and are actively used by bottomers on rivers, when fishing with a large number of rods. The main and, perhaps, the only drawback of stationary auto-hooks is their large size, but compared to their advantages, this is not a critical circumstance.
Let's consider a hook that works on the principle of a mousetrap, when, when pulling, a locking device is activated that lifts the rod, due to which hooking occurs.
To make such a cutter you will need:
- a piece of board 50 cm long, 10 cm wide;
- two pieces of steel wire 50 and 30 cm long;
- clamps for attaching the wire to the board;
- screws for fastening clamps to the board;
- eraser;
- bicycle knitting needle for making brackets for fishing line;
- plastic cambric to protect the fishing line, which is put on the bracket.
Of course, you will also need tools:
- round nose pliers;
- screwdriver for screws;
- pliers;
- a hammer.
In order for the product to be durable, an especially strong steel wire is chosen that maintains rigidity for a long time.
The process of making the undercut:
- on a piece of wire 50 cm long, the edges are bent with pliers so that 5 cm from each edge “look” in different directions at an angle of 90 degrees and one of the ends is bent like λ;
- an eraser is put on one of the ends of the second piece of wire (30 cm long), and the second one is bent in the form of a bracket or in the form of Ω;
- pieces of wire are fastened with clamps to the board opposite each other so that the “tongue” of one piece goes under the “bracket” of the second;
- a bracket is made from a bicycle spoke, a cambric is put on it, and it is screwed to the board right in the middle.
It turns out a design in which a piece of wire with an eraser on is used to install a fishing line and fix the "tongue" of the second segment. The fishing line is wound into the bracket and, due to the rigidity of the wire, tension occurs when the “tongue” is inserted. The bite of the fish sets the fishing line in motion, and hence the wire with the eraser. The bracket releases the “tongue” and the wire structure sharply tightens the line, spotting the fish.
The shape of the bending of the wire segments can be arbitrary, the main thing is that they clearly fulfill their functions of tightening the fishing line.
This kind of home-made, stationary undercut allows you to adjust the sensitivity of the design. To do this, the “tongue” is brought further or closer under the bracket, and already at a minimum pressure, the device works to tighten the fishing line. Thanks to the fastening on clamps, after fishing, the autohook folds up and during transportation the structure retains its shape.
Some will say that it takes a lot of time to make a stationary hook, but the benefits it provides for fishing are worth it. In addition, any special skills are not needed for this, and almost any fishing fan can handle the job with the help of improvised tools.
The use of self-hooking hooks increases the effectiveness of fishing, and even large trophies are easily spotted using such devices. With a low cost and availability of components, the self-hooking tool helps a lot when fishing, especially if fishing is carried out on bottom gear.
With what pleasure the anglers hook the fish when, sitting on the shore in good and bad weather, they implement their hobby with sports passion. Emotions, adrenaline, a rich catch! These are all ingredients for successful fishing. But what if you need to move away from the tackle for a while, have a calm lunch and relax? For such a case, this tackle is provided. A fish hooker is very necessary when there is no time to constantly monitor the rod and watch for a bite.
Homemade at work
Self-hooking with aircraft rubber
In one of the simple and at the same time effective self-hooking mechanisms presented below, the mechanism is based on aviation rubber, a plastic profile, a piece of plastic from a DVD or CD disk, an aluminum rod, an M6 bolt, two nuts (you can also use a lamb, it's more convenient), pin. As you can see, for the manufacture of a do-it-yourself undercut, scarce materials are not needed, you can assemble it from the parts at hand.
When fishing with a self-hooking hook, you can use a donk without a rod and with it, by fitting a device under it. After casting the fishing rod, you need to let go of the fishing line a little and bring it into the slot of the gatehouse.
Now, even more simple in design and operation, the auto-hook and that how does a splitter work. Such a device works perfectly on the course, it is convenient to use and can be used at any time of the year.
