its not illegal but many places do ban the method! i personally only hand line if i know they are foul hooked, and even then i make sure i have my hands down low, i would only then touch the elasic if there is only a couple of foot out at most, they do seem to fight a lot less!
used to do this all the time at manor farm when fishing with out a float shallow no fear of a float or shott flying back but it soon got banned!
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Matt Smith
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