That seems to be all I hear these days is that circle hooks are used only by
bait fishermen. BUT the 2 articles I refereed to in my original email where
about fly fishing with circle hooks and if memory serves me correctly they
where published in 1 or 2 of the flyfishing only magazines. One of the
authors even stated that one fly pattern did not look quite right on a
circle hook or something along those lines. So I know some fly fishermen
have taken a close look at them but I have not head anything since then
regarding there fly fishing use.
Thank you,
Ray :-)
www.raystackle.com - for Fishing Gear
----- Original Message -----
From: "Preston Singletary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Washington Fly fishers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: circle hooks
> As it was explained to me, the circle hook was designed as a bait hook
which
> could be swallowed without hooking the fish until the hook was drawn up
out
> of the gullet and into the mouth again, apparently hooking only as the
angle
> of pull changed. It's pretty hard for me to visualize, but it seems to
> work. It would certainly seem to be a boon to C-and-R fisheries where
bait
> is allowed but wouldn't have a whole lot of application to fly fishing.
Ah!
> Mooching; that recalls some memories. In the "good old days" ( which I
> guess I can safely refer to now), back when there were still good runs of
> salmon coming into Elliot Bay and there were many boathouses which rented
> wooden rowboats (Yes, children, there very few people with powerboats in
> those days) for only a few dollars a day. Early in the morning, running
> lights sometimes consisted of an upright dowel with a flashlight taped to
> it. A light rod, a baitcasting reel, or sometimes a Heddon Winona, or a
> large fly reel, or even a true knucklebuster centerpin (centrepin for our
> Canadian friends) mooching reel, light monofilament line, a 1 to 2 ounce
> crescent sinker and some herring were all that was needed. The plug- or
> strip-cut herring was trailed behind the boat with the rod usually propped
> up over the stern. A few pulls on the oars followed by a pause kept the
> herring working at a variety of depths and speeds; quite a sporting method
> really. Certainly moreso than dragging a flasher, especially with a
> downrigger. By the way Leland, John T. and I were at Lincoln Park this
> morning and I had quite a bit of activity on the popper. Many rises, but
> only two hookups: one a discouragingly small cutt and the other a
> long-distance-release. I had one fair-sized fish follow almost to the rod
> tip boiling on the popper every foot of the way. Whaddaya mean you didn't
> hook 'em on the popper using circle hooks; I can't hook 'em on the popper
> using conventional hooks.
> Preston
>
>
