{"product_id":"hayabusa-et0187-chinu-ringed-hook-pack-made-in-japan","title":"HAYABUSA - ET0187 CHINU RINGED HOOK PACK MADE IN JAPAN","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHayabusa ET0187 Chinu Ringed Hook Pack — Made In Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChinu\u003c\/em\u003e (チヌ, 黒鯛) is the Japanese black sea bream, and the chinu hook was cut for the way that fish eats: it inspects a bait with a small hard mouth, mouths it, drops it, then takes it properly. A long shank is wasted on that bite. What works is a compact hook — short shank, wide hooking gap, point turned slightly in toward the shank — so it disappears inside a prawn or crab and finds the corner of the jaw when the fish turns. Hayabusa build it as \u003cem\u003eChinu Ringed Black Nickel\u003c\/em\u003e, product number ET01871: forged through the bend, offset point, ringed eye, black nickel plating. Hayabusa note that the shape is not limited to bream: matched to the right bait size it becomes a general-purpose hook, which is how it is used across Asia. Eleven steps from #1 to #12 cover a single sandworm at one end and a whole live prawn at the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassic chinu bend — short shank, wide hooking area, slightly incurved point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffset point set away from the centre line, improving exposure when a fish takes side-on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForged body compressed in manufacture for rigidity around the bend\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoint shaped to penetrate the firm mouth of sea bream and similar hard-mouthed species\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrong barb to stop the hook backing out on head shakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRinged eye for mono, fluorocarbon or braid, and for crimped or twisted wire traces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack nickel finish, discreet against natural bait\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven sizes, #1 to #12, at 10 to 14 hooks per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow To Rig It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLive prawn under a sliding float\u003c\/strong\u003e — Thread the prawn from the tail so the point exits near the head and the gap stays clear. Set the float so the bait rides just off the bottom and let the tide walk it along a breakwater face.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrab and shellfish on a light bottom rig\u003c\/strong\u003e — Running sinker to a swivel, 60–100 cm of fluorocarbon. Hook a crab through the leg socket so it stays alive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDo not strike\u003c\/strong\u003e — A bream mouths first. Let the line move away, wind down until the rod loads, then lift steadily; the incurved point sets on pressure, not on a snap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWire trace\u003c\/strong\u003e — Crimp or twist a short single-strand wire to the ring eye for cutlassfish and other toothy species — a job a flatted eye handles badly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTarget Species By Region\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoutheast Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e — A staple jetty and rock-wall hook: barramundi (siakap) and mangrove jack on live prawn, croaker (gelama), javelin grunter (kaci), small grouper (kerapu) and snapper (merah) around pilings, plus cutlassfish on a wire trace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNorth America\u003c\/strong\u003e — Sheepshead, black drum, porgy and tautog on crab and shrimp baits around bridges, jetties and piling fields.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJapan \u0026amp; East Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e — The home fishery: \u003cem\u003echinu otoshikomi\u003c\/em\u003e (チヌ落とし込み), dropping crab or mussel down the face of a harbour wall to kurodai and kibire, plus \u003cem\u003ebukkomi\u003c\/em\u003e (ブッコミ) bottom baits and tachiuo on wire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAustralia, Middle East \u0026amp; Europe\u003c\/strong\u003e — Bream, whiting and luderick in Australian estuaries; safi in the Gulf; gilthead bream and wrasse on Mediterranean and Atlantic rock marks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePieces Per Pack\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFinish\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSKU\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET0187101\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET0187102\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET0187103\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET0187104\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET0187105\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET0187106\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET0187107\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET0187108\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET01871010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#11\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET01871011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack Nickel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e341ET01871012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSizes follow the Japanese \u003cem\u003egō\u003c\/em\u003e (号) system: the number rises as the hook gets larger, the reverse of Western numbering. #1 is the smallest here, #12 the largest. 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