Items you thought could never change. Well, never say never. Hooks have come full circle. In fact, you ll be square in the next millennium if you re not using circle hooks. Especially if you like to fish with minnows, leeches, crawlers heck, any live bait.
Circle hooks are revolutionary.
They re also old hat. That s another of the ironies. For years, circle hooks have been popular with commercial tuna catchers. And river rats, who ply the muddy, flowing waters of the American South for flathead, yellow and channel catfish, have also long favoured circle hooks for their trotlines. That s because after they bait the hooks, they tie their thick twine lines on stumps and semi-submerged trees.