Reef hook recommendations

[DivingKDawg]

Heading to Indonesia next month and was told to bring a reef hook. I'm researching different ones. They seem simple enough but what are recommendations? Single vs Double? Single seem easier to hook and remove. Rope or spring coil retractable? Do you keep them in a BCD pocket or attached to BCD ring when not in use?

 

[JonnieB]

Stainless steel double hook on a rope is my recco. Nothing fancy...you can buy them for $15 in Bali. You can carry in a pocket or clip onto a BCD ring, whatever you're comfortable with.

 

[DivingKDawg]

Stainless steel double hook on a rope is my recco. Nothing fancy...you can buy them for $15 in Bali. You can carry in a pocket or clip onto a BCD ring, whatever you're comfortable with.

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You’re image is a single hook in fact that’s the one Inwas thinking about getting

 

[mar2112]

Heading to Indonesia next month and was told to bring a reef hook. I'm researching different ones. They seem simple enough but what are recommendations? Single vs Double? Single seem easier to hook and remove. Rope or spring coil retractable? Do you keep them in a BCD pocket or attached to BCD ring when not in use?

I went to the local tackle shop and bought a big shark hook. Filed down the sharp point and added my own rope. Fits in my BCD pocket.

 

[uncfnp]

Just home from my first R4 and reef hook experience. I don’t think single or double hook matters a lot but I can tell you that you do want a longer line than the stand 6 foot length many come with. That is not enough to raise you far enough above the reef in current.

Another item I found even more useful was a pointer stick.

 

[Pressurehead]

Do a search on here, there is quite a few ways you can do it. I was fed up with mess when stowing it way. My fix. 2m using a finger spool. Note, metal spool.