Hook racking tips

My hooks snag on everything. They snag while racked on my harness, they snag while attached to my ladders, they snag while in the haul bag. They snag while racked together on one carabiner and when racked separately. What are some of your methods to reduce snagging? A small pouch? Or is it that hooks will hook and I have to get over it? I try and keep them in the back of my harness out of the way but hoping there is some other better method. 

When I asked the same thing, everyone said a small pouch. I ended up using an old chalk bag. 

Cool thanks. I’m going to try that out next time I aid. 

I tie a webbing loop on the head and rack them from that so they hang right side up instead of upside down, this prevents a lot of the snagging issues.  

That’s intriguing. Do you have a pic of the set up?

Ah crap, I had in my mind beaks, never mind.  On routes where I think I may be hooking more I’ll keep a few different hooks on the end of each aider on a small quicklink and off my harness.  If not then yes the bag is a good option.

I use a size small FISH beef bag. Works perfectly. I'm not the only bigwall climber to do this. fishproducts.com/catalog/bi…; 

Kevin Mokracek wrote: I tie a webbing loop on the head and rack them from that so they hang right side up instead of upside down, this prevents a lot of the snagging issues.  

This is what I do for my larger hooks that don't fit in my chalk bag (rip the lining out of the chalk bag)

Cut a hole in the bottom of a stuff Sak and run a loop of webbing through it.
The sak drapes down over the hook rack preventing snags and flips up out of the way more easily than digging them out of a bag. 

kevin deweese wrote:

This is what I do for my larger hooks that don't fit in my chalk bag (rip the lining out of the chalk bag)

Looks like this 

Looks like Hudon’s meat hook 

Skot Richards wrote:

Looks like Hudon’s meat hook 

Dat cause it is 

kevin deweese wrote:

Dat cause it is 

I knew I recognized the monstrosity!  

My beloved meat hook!

Contact Russ Walling at fishproducts.com, and order yourself a few Beef Bags, which are heavy duty drawstring pouches for hooks and peckers.  

Order two medium Beef Bags for your hooks, and three medium Beef Bags for all your peckers.  

Voila! Clusterfuck tamed.