Interesting article on hooksets

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Originally Posted by kennethdaysale

This is from a Mike Mclelland article on jig fishing, might seem to contradict some of the above posts? Maybe not?
"5"> Rob Russow

Having a good fishing rod is a critical part of fishing a football jig, when detecting bites and keeping bass hooked are both critically important. “The thing I’ve learned over the years about fishing a football head is the more you jerk, the more fish you lose,” McClelland said. “The head of a football jig is so big, you want to just pull into the fish. The rod I use has a nice parabolic bend with good backbone, so you just wind until you get to the pressure point and then the backbone will drive the hook home.”

the type of hookset is not causing anyone to miss fish on any jig. it is more to do with the weedguard being on the centerline. using a pull type set might help the hooking with a jig that is going to be forced onto its side coming out of the mouth by the weedguard. the end result is that the design on the jig needs to be fixed.