I love the Hobo Armour Hook protectors, especially for three key reasons. Firstly, I make up the hook section of my Ronnie Rigs at home while sitting at the dining room table. I find it much easier these days, especially as my eyesight isn’t what it used to be. I always tie up at least ten hooks ready for a session and store them in small tubs with the hook protectors fitted.
Secondly, I’m a bit paranoid about hook points becoming damaged or blunted as they rattle around in a plastic box, so the protectors give me complete confidence that every hook is razor sharp when I need it.
Finally, I really like the bright colours. They’re impossible to miss, which makes it much less likely you’ll cast out with one still attached—especially in the middle of the night after you’ve landed a few carp and your head isn’t quite 100% in the game!
I would like to give a brief snap shot of my life and introduce myself;
My name is Richard Handel and was born in 1965 in Suffolk. I have worked as a UK Operation & Intermodule Manager for a shipping company. I live in Hampshire now and am married with 2 young children, both girls so I am a bit outnumbered even the cat is a girl!
I have been fishing since I was about 7 years old. I started on small local rivers in Suffolk, then moved onto gravel pits and then carp fishing. My personal best is a 39.08 mirror, over recent years I have started river fishing again, on the Hampshire Avon, this is a nice break from the carp lakes.
My life has turned a big corner this year, the company I was working for relocated their Operation centre to Estonia. I was offered a job at the head office in London. This would have meant a 5 day commute and working in Stratford. As a family, we did not fancy this, as I would hardly spend any time with the children (and the Mrs). So after 22.5 years, I was given a nice redundancy package and with my wife is working full time. I became the house husband.
This has meant a complete turn around in my fishing, as I can pick and choose when I go. I have found a splendid new syndicate to fish this year, which includes 5 lakes and some 8 miles of river with only 150 members. It's an amazing change to the way I am able to fish.
I am now trying to start my own tackle business and make a bit of a name for myself in the world of fishing, as I have retired from real work.
Richard
UK Carp & Coarse Fishing 