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So conventional wisdom suggests you use circles only on the top of a pennel, but why then stick a j hook or chinnu on the end? I quite like circles, though they are difficult to push a bait, especially worm, around the bend. If you simply whip it on the line, then hook the top hook through to hold in place, no need to try to thread it. This way you are not trying to guess which hook the fish has taken, and whether you need to strike, or let it run and self hook.
It would be interesting to see how many have tried both methods, or do you just follow convention?

[QUOTE="Treeby, post: 27351, member: 571"] So conventional wisdom suggests you use circles only on the top of a pennel, but why then stick a j hook or chinnu on the end? I quite like circles, though they are difficult to push a bait, especially worm, around the bend. If you simply whip it on the line, then hook the top hook through to hold in place, no need to try to thread it. This way you are not trying to guess which hook the fish has taken, and whether you need to strike, or let it run and self hook. It would be interesting to see how many have tried both methods, or do you just follow convention? [/QUOTE]

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