[Handymansd]

some times the plug in the end does not seat well and the hooks will hang up. I would see if he will change it out for you. Also, most shorter sabiki rods need to have the sabiki trimmed down a bit, just cut off enough so that the swivel ends up right at the opening at the base of the rod...besides 5-6 hooks can be too many and a real pain on a kayak when there are fish on all of them! I like to use no more than 4 hooks, and 2 is usually sufficient to get bait in a hurry. I also like to let the barbs rust off which makes "bouncing" them in the foot well the easiest release.