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Old 08-04-2001, 11:05 PM   #3
Patrick
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It's all of what you make of them. I have one friend who is new to fishing and does fine with them. It seems to me, a lot of the intermediate to advanced guys are having the trouble with them. The key is to not set the hook but rather, let the line draw tight. You figure guys who have been fishing for 10, 20 or more years are so stuck in the way of setting a J-hook, they forget they have a circle hook on. I have trouble with them a lot but when I do things properly, they work very well at keeping the hook out of the gut.

If I were you, I'd pick up a package of them, try them out. If you don't like them, you have a minimal loss. And if you do like them, next time you can buy a bulk package of them.

Remember, get ones without an offset. An offset circle hook will gut hook a fish.
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