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id="toc-Single,_double_and_triple_hooks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Single,_double_and_triple_hooks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Single, double and triple hooks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Single,_double_and_triple_hooks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bait_hook_shapes_and_names" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bait_hook_shapes_and_names"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Bait hook shapes and names</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bait_hook_shapes_and_names-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fly_hook_shapes_and_names" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fly_hook_shapes_and_names"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.3</span> <span>Fly hook shapes and 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Size" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Size"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Size</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Size-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinda" title="Pinda – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Pinda" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF" title="বড়শি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বড়শি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Риболовна кука – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Риболовна кука" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udica" title="Udica – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Udica" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higenn" title="Higenn – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Higenn" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_(eina)" title="Ham (eina) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ham (eina)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1%C4%8Dek_(ryba%C5%99en%C3%AD)" title="Háček (rybaření) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Háček (rybaření)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiskekrog" title="Fiskekrog – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Fiskekrog" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelhaken" title="Angelhaken – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Angelhaken" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzuelo" title="Anzuelo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anzuelo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C5%9Dhoko" title="Fiŝhoko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Fiŝhoko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amu" title="Amu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Amu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="قلاب ماهیگیری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="قلاب ماهیگیری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hame%C3%A7on" title="Hameçon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hameçon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzol" title="Anzol – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Anzol" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%9A%EC%8B%AF%EB%B0%94%EB%8A%98" title="낚싯바늘 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="낚싯바늘" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udica" title="Udica – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Udica" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo" title="Angelo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Angelo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_kail" title="Mata kail – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mata kail" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96ngull" title="Öngull – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Öngull" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amo_(pesca)" title="Amo (pesca) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Amo (pesca)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_pancing" title="Mata pancing – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Mata pancing" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B3" title="ಗಾಳ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಗಾಳ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndoano" title="Ndoano – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ndoano" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eewk" title="Şewk – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Şewk" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamus" title="Hamus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Hamus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabliukas" title="Kabliukas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kabliukas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nd%C9%94%CC%81b%C9%94" title="Ndɔ́bɔ – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Ndɔ́bɔ" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F" title="ചൂണ്ട – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ചൂണ്ട" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_kail" title="Mata kail – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Mata kail" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishaak" title="Vishaak – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vishaak" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%80" title="बल्छी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="बल्छी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%A3%E3%82%8A%E9%87%9D" title="釣り針 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="釣り針" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiskekrok" title="Fiskekrok – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Fiskekrok" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ongel" title="Ongel – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ongel" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haczyk_w%C4%99dkarski" title="Haczyk wędkarski – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Haczyk wędkarski" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzol" title="Anzol – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Anzol" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Крючок – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Крючок" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_hook" title="Fishing hook – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Fishing hook" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Удица – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Удица" data-language-autonym="Српски / 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Device for catching fish</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about angling. For the animated TV show, see <a href="/wiki/Fish_Hooks" title="Fish Hooks">Fish Hooks</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Fishhook_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Fishhook (disambiguation)">Fishhook (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fish_hooks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Fish_hooks.jpg/220px-Fish_hooks.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Fish_hooks.jpg/330px-Fish_hooks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Fish_hooks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="497" /></a><figcaption>A variety of fish hooks</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>fish hook</b> or <b>fishhook</b>, formerly also called an <b>angle</b> (from <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> <i>angol</i> and <a href="/wiki/Proto-Germanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Germanic">Proto-Germanic</a> <i>*angulaz</i>), is a <a href="/wiki/Hook" title="Hook">hook</a> used to <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">catch</a> <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> either by piercing and embedding onto the inside of the <a href="/wiki/Fish_jaw" title="Fish jaw">fish mouth</a> (<a href="/wiki/Angling" title="Angling">angling</a>) or, more rarely, by impaling and <a href="/wiki/Snagging" title="Snagging">snagging</a> the external fish body. Fish hooks are normally attached to a <a href="/wiki/Fishing_line" title="Fishing line">line</a>, which tethers the target fish to the angler for retrieval, and are typically dressed with some form of <a href="/wiki/Fishing_bait" title="Fishing bait">bait</a> or <a href="/wiki/Fishing_lure" title="Fishing lure">lure</a> that entices the fish to swallow the hook out of its own natural <a href="/wiki/Instinct" title="Instinct">instinct</a> to <a href="/wiki/Foraging" title="Foraging">forage</a> or <a href="/wiki/Predation" title="Predation">hunt</a>. </p><p>Fish hooks have been employed for millennia by <a href="/wiki/Fishermen" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishermen">fishermen</a> to catch <a href="/wiki/Freshwater_fish" title="Freshwater fish">freshwater</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saltwater_fish" title="Saltwater fish">saltwater fish</a>. There is an enormous variety of fish hooks in the world of <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a>. Sizes, designs, shapes, and materials are all variable depending on the intended purpose of the hook. Fish hooks are manufactured for a range of purposes from general fishing to extremely limited and specialized applications. Fish hooks are designed to hold various types of artificial, processed, dead or <a href="/wiki/Live_food" title="Live food">live baits</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bait_(luring_substance)" title="Bait (luring substance)">bait fishing</a>); to act as the foundation for artificial representations of <a href="/wiki/Invertebrate" title="Invertebrate">invertebrate</a> prey (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Fly_fishing" title="Fly fishing">fly fishing</a>); or to be attached to or integrated into other devices that mimic prey (<a href="/wiki/Fishing_lure" title="Fishing lure">lure fishing</a>). In 2005, the fish hook was chosen by <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> as one of the Top 20 tools in <a href="/wiki/Human_history" title="Human history">human history</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NIE_1905_Fishing_-_primeval_stone_and_bronze_gorges.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Metkrok_av_ben_fr%C3%A5n_sten%C3%A5ldern%2C_funnen_i_Sk%C3%A5ne.flip.jpg/159px-Metkrok_av_ben_fr%C3%A5n_sten%C3%A5ldern%2C_funnen_i_Sk%C3%A5ne.flip.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Metkrok_av_ben_fr%C3%A5n_sten%C3%A5ldern%2C_funnen_i_Sk%C3%A5ne.flip.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> fish hook made from bone</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MAP_Expo_Maori_Hame%C3%A7on_13012012_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/MAP_Expo_Maori_Hame%C3%A7on_13012012_4.jpg/120px-MAP_Expo_Maori_Hame%C3%A7on_13012012_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/MAP_Expo_Maori_Hame%C3%A7on_13012012_4.jpg/180px-MAP_Expo_Maori_Hame%C3%A7on_13012012_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/MAP_Expo_Maori_Hame%C3%A7on_13012012_4.jpg/240px-MAP_Expo_Maori_Hame%C3%A7on_13012012_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1812" data-file-height="2876" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Traditional bone fishing hook of the New Zealand <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a></div></div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hook_(AM_1939.232-7).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Hook_%28AM_1939.232-7%29.jpg/220px-Hook_%28AM_1939.232-7%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Hook_%28AM_1939.232-7%29.jpg/330px-Hook_%28AM_1939.232-7%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Hook_%28AM_1939.232-7%29.jpg/440px-Hook_%28AM_1939.232-7%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="922" data-file-height="631" /></a><figcaption>Native American shell fish hook from California. <a href="/wiki/Auckland_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Auckland Museum">Auckland Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The fish hook or similar angling device has been made by humans for many thousands of years. The earliest prehistoric tackle is known as a <b>gorge</b>, which consisted of a double-pointed stick with a thin rope tied to the middle. When angling, the gorge is laid parallel to the line and buried inside a bait ball, which can be swallowed easily by the fish.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once inside the fish's mouth, the bait ball often softens and gets fragmented by the <a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_teeth" title="Pharyngeal teeth">pharyngeal teeth</a>, and any pulling along the line with cause the freed-up gorge to rotate transversely and get stuck across the fish's <a href="/wiki/Gullet" class="mw-redirect" title="Gullet">gullet</a>, similar to how a <a href="/wiki/Fish_bone" title="Fish bone">fish bone</a> or chicken bone may <a href="/wiki/Foreign_body_in_alimentary_tract" title="Foreign body in alimentary tract">pierce and obstruct a man's esophagus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They performed similar anchoring functions to hooks, but needed <i>both</i> ends to claw firmly into the fish's gullet to work properly. </p><p>The world's oldest fish hooks (made from <a href="/wiki/Sea_snail" title="Sea snail">sea snail</a> shells) were discovered in Sakitari Cave in <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa Island</a> dated between 22,380 and 22,770 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-Price2016_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are older than the fish hooks from the <a href="/wiki/Jerimalai" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerimalai">Jerimalai</a> cave in <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> dated between 23,000 and 16,000 years old,<sup id="cite_ref-fishing_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fishing-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and New Ireland in Papua New Guinea dated 20,000 to 18,000 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-Price2016_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The earliest fish hooks in the Americas, dating from about 11,000 <a href="/wiki/Before_Present" title="Before Present">B.P.</a>, have been reported from <a href="/wiki/Cedros_Island" title="Cedros Island">Cedros Island</a> on the west coast of <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. These fish hooks were made from sea shells.<sup id="cite_ref-Des_LauriersDavis2017_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Des_LauriersDavis2017-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shells provided a common material for fish hooks found in several parts of the world, with the shapes of prehistoric shell fish hook specimens occasionally being compared to determine if they provide information about the migration of people into the Americas.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An early written reference to a fish hook is found with reference to the <a href="/wiki/Leviathan" title="Leviathan">Leviathan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Job" title="Book of Job">Book of Job</a> 41:1; <i>Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook?</i> Fish hooks have been crafted from all sorts of materials including wood, animal<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and human bone, horn, shells, stone, bronze, iron, and up to present day materials. In many cases, hooks were created from multiple materials to leverage the strength and positive characteristics of each material. <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian people">Norwegians</a> as late as the 1950s still used <a href="/wiki/Juniper" title="Juniper">juniper</a> wood to craft <a href="/wiki/Burbot" title="Burbot">Burbot</a> hooks.<sup id="cite_ref-Mustad_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mustad-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quality steel hooks began to make their appearance in Europe in the 17th century and hook making became a task for specialists.<sup id="cite_ref-Mustad_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mustad-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fishing_hook,_egypt_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fishing_hook,_egypt-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anatomyofafishhook.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Anatomyofafishhook.jpg/220px-Anatomyofafishhook.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Anatomyofafishhook.jpg/330px-Anatomyofafishhook.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Anatomyofafishhook.jpg/440px-Anatomyofafishhook.jpg 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Anatomy of a fish hook</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:How_to_tie_a_hook.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/How_to_tie_a_hook.jpg/220px-How_to_tie_a_hook.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/How_to_tie_a_hook.jpg/330px-How_to_tie_a_hook.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/How_to_tie_a_hook.jpg/440px-How_to_tie_a_hook.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="850" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Palomar_knot" title="Palomar knot">Palomar knot</a>, a commonly used <a href="/wiki/Knot" title="Knot">knot</a> to attach a <a href="/wiki/Monofilament_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Monofilament line">monofilament line</a> to the hook</figcaption></figure> <p>The hook can be divided into different portions from the back ends to the front: </p> <ul><li>The <b>eye</b> is the circular ring/loop at the back end to which fishing lines can be attached via <a href="/wiki/Knot" title="Knot">knots</a>, and (typically) receives the pulling force from the line.</li> <li>The <b>shank</b> is the (usually) straight shaft section of the hook, which relays pulling force from the line to the hook bend.</li> <li>The <b>bend</b> is the section where the hook curves back from the shank.</li> <li>The <b>barb</b> is a small reverse-pointing (relative to the main hook point) spike that grabs the surrounding fish <a href="/wiki/Tissue_(biology)" title="Tissue (biology)">tissue</a> and stops the hook from sliding back out of its anchorage. Hooks that lack barbs are thus <i>barbless</i>.</li> <li>The <b>point</b> is the distalmost portion where the hook tapers into a sharp end, which pierces and embeds into the fish's tissue.</li></ul> <p>The perpendicular distance between the hook point and the frontmost inner arc of the bend is known as the <b>bite</b> of the hook, which indicates the maximum depth the hook can be embedded or <i><a href="/wiki/Hookset" class="mw-redirect" title="Hookset">set</a></i>. The width of the opening between the point and the shank is called the <b>gap</b> or <b>mouth</b> of the hook, which dictates the thickness of the tissue that the hook can catch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hook_types">Hook types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hook types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Fish_hook" title="Special:EditPage/Fish hook">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are a large number of different types of fish hooks. At the macro level, there are bait hooks, fly hooks and lure hooks. Within these broad categories there are wide varieties of hook types designed for different applications. Hook types differ in shape, materials, points and barbs, and eye type, and ultimately in their intended application. When individual hook types are designed the specific characteristics of each of these hook components are optimized relative to the hook's intended purpose. For example, a delicate dry fly hook is made of thin wire with a tapered eye because weight is the overriding factor. Whereas Carlisle or Aberdeen light wire bait hooks make use of thin wire to reduce injury to live bait but the eyes are not tapered because weight is not an issue. Many factors contribute to hook design, including corrosion resistance, weight, strength, hooking efficiency, and whether the hook is being used for specific types of bait, on different types of lures or for different styles of flies. For each hook type, there are ranges of acceptable sizes. For all types of hooks, sizes range from 32 (the smallest) to 20/0 (the largest). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shapes_and_names">Shapes and names</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Shapes and names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Fish_hook" title="Special:EditPage/Fish hook">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Angeln_zubehoer_wobbler_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Angeln_zubehoer_wobbler_01.jpg/220px-Angeln_zubehoer_wobbler_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Angeln_zubehoer_wobbler_01.jpg/330px-Angeln_zubehoer_wobbler_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Angeln_zubehoer_wobbler_01.jpg/440px-Angeln_zubehoer_wobbler_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1058" data-file-height="1194" /></a><figcaption>Treble hooks attached to <a href="/wiki/Fishing_lure" title="Fishing lure">artificial lures</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Highlander_salmon_fly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Green_Highlander_salmon_fly.jpg/220px-Green_Highlander_salmon_fly.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Green_Highlander_salmon_fly.jpg/330px-Green_Highlander_salmon_fly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Green_Highlander_salmon_fly.jpg/440px-Green_Highlander_salmon_fly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="2336" /></a><figcaption>A Salmon Fly hook as the foundation for a <i>Green Highlander</i>, a classic salmon <a href="/wiki/Artificial_fly" title="Artificial fly">fly</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Hook shapes and names are as varied as fish themselves. In some cases, hooks are identified by a traditional or historic name, e.g. Aberdeen, Limerick or O'Shaughnessy. In other cases, hooks are merely identified by their general purpose or have included in their name, one or more of their physical characteristics. Some manufacturers just give their hooks model numbers and describe their general purpose and characteristics. For example: </p> <ul><li><i>Eagle Claw</i>: 139 is a Snelled Baitholder, Offset, Down Eye, Two Slices, Medium Wire</li> <li><i>Lazer Sharp</i>: L2004EL is a <a href="/wiki/Circle_hook" title="Circle hook">Circle</a> Sea, Wide Gap, Non-Offset, Ringed Eye, Light Wire</li> <li><i>Mustad Model</i>: 92155 is a Beak Baitholder hook</li> <li><i>Mustad Model</i>: 91715D is an O'Shaughnessy Jig Hook, 90-degree angle</li> <li><i>TMC Model 300</i>: Streamer D/E, 6XL, Heavy wire, Forged, Bronze</li> <li><i>TMC Model 200R</i>: Nymph & Dry Fly Straight eye, 3XL, Standard wire, Semi-dropped point, Forged, Bronze</li></ul> <p>The shape of the hook shank can vary widely from merely straight to all sorts of curves, kinks, bends and offsets. These different shapes contribute in some cases to better hook penetration, fly imitations or bait holding ability. Many hooks intended to hold dead or artificial baits have sliced shanks which create barbs for better baiting holding ability. <a href="/wiki/Jig_(fishing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jig (fishing)">Jig</a> hooks are designed to have lead weight molded onto the hook shank. Hook descriptions may also include shank length as standard, extra-long, 2XL, short, etc. and wire size such as fine wire, extra heavy, 2X heavy, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Single,_double_and_triple_hooks"><span id="Single.2C_double_and_triple_hooks"></span>Single, double and triple hooks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Single, double and triple hooks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hooks are designed as either <i>single</i> hooks—a single eye, shank and point; <i>double</i> hooks—a single eye merged with two shanks and points; or <i>triple</i>—a single eye merged with three shanks and three evenly spaced points. Double hooks are formed from a single piece of wire and may or may not have their shanks brazed together for strength. Treble hooks are formed by adding a single eyeless hook to a double hook and brazing all three shanks together. Double hooks are used on some artificial lures and are a traditional fly hook for Atlantic Salmon flies, but are otherwise fairly uncommon. Treble hooks are used on all sorts of artificial lures as well as for a wide variety of bait applications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bait_hook_shapes_and_names">Bait hook shapes and names</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bait hook shapes and names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bait hook shapes and names include the Salmon Egg, Beak, O'Shaughnessy, Baitholder, Shark Hook, Aberdeen, Carlisle, Carp Hook, Tuna Circle, Offset Worm, <a href="/wiki/Circle_hook" title="Circle hook">Circle Hook</a>, suicide hook, Long Shank, Short Shank, J Hook, Octopus Hook and Big Game Jobu hooks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fly_hook_shapes_and_names">Fly hook shapes and names</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fly hook shapes and names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fly hook shapes include Sproat, Sneck, Limerick, Kendal, Viking, Captain Hamilton, Barleet, Swimming Nymph, Bend Back, Model Perfect, Keel, and Kink-shank. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Points_and_barbs">Points and barbs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Points and barbs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Fish_hook" title="Special:EditPage/Fish hook">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barbed_vs_barbless_hooks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Barbed_vs_barbless_hooks.jpg/220px-Barbed_vs_barbless_hooks.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Barbed_vs_barbless_hooks.jpg/330px-Barbed_vs_barbless_hooks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Barbed_vs_barbless_hooks.jpg/440px-Barbed_vs_barbless_hooks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1110" data-file-height="624" /></a><figcaption>Barbless hook (top) vs. barbed hook (bottom)</figcaption></figure> <p>The hook point is probably the most important part of the hook, because it is the point that must penetrate into the fish's flesh first if the hook is to have any anchorage whatsoever. Both the profile of the hook point and its angulation influence how well the point will pierce the tissue. Hook points are mechanically (ground) or chemically sharpened. </p><p>Most modern hooks are <i>barbed</i>, with a backward-protruding spike (i.e. barb) that helps secure the hook anchorge by catching surrounding flesh to stop the point from sliding back out of the penetration. Because the barb increases the practical <a href="/wiki/Cross-sectional_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-sectional area">cross-sectional area</a> of the hook point, it also negatively affect how far the point penetrates under the same force (especially when piercing harder tissue), although the tissue-grabbing ability of the barb alone is usually sufficient for maintaining the hook anchorage without needing a deep penetration. </p><p>Some hooks are <i>barbless</i>, with a simply tapered point and lacking any barb. Historically, ancient fish hooks were all barbless, but today barbless hooks are still used mainly to facilitate quicker hook removal and make <a href="/wiki/Catch-and-release" class="mw-redirect" title="Catch-and-release">catch-and-release</a> less hurtful for the fish. The downside of barbless hooks is that because there is no barb to help secure the point anchorage, the hook is theoretically more susceptible to dislodging unless the penetration is maintained with a constantly taut line tension. There are however also some arguments that a barbless hook point will penetrate more smoothly into the fish tissue and thus allow a deeper <a href="/wiki/Hookset" class="mw-redirect" title="Hookset">hookset</a>, compensating for the absence of barbs. Having a deeper hookset also means the <a href="/wiki/Stress_(mechanics)" title="Stress (mechanics)">stress</a> tends to be concentrated nearer towards the hook's bend rather than the point, allowing it to better withstand a heavier <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_load" title="Mechanical load">pulling load</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hook_point_types">Hook point types</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Hook point types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hook points are also described relative to their offset from the hook shank. A kerbed hook point is offset to the left, a straight point has no offset and a reversed point is offset to the right. </p><p>Hook points are commonly referred to by these names: needle point, rolled-in, hollow, spear, beak, mini-barb, semi-dropped and knife edge. Some other hook point names are used for branding by manufacturers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eyes">Eyes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Eyes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FishHooks.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/FishHooks.JPG/220px-FishHooks.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/FishHooks.JPG/330px-FishHooks.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/FishHooks.JPG/440px-FishHooks.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>(Clockwise from top) A standard J-hook with straight eye, a <a href="/wiki/Circle_hook" title="Circle hook">circle hook</a> with down-turned (outward angled) eye, and an eyeless Japanese <i><a href="/wiki/Tenkara_fishing" title="Tenkara fishing">Tenkara</a></i> hook with a spade end.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HookEyes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/HookEyes.jpg/220px-HookEyes.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/HookEyes.jpg/330px-HookEyes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/HookEyes.jpg/440px-HookEyes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="624" /></a><figcaption>Up-turned, down-turned and straight hook eyes</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>eye</b> of the hook is the widened ring/loop at its proximal end, with a hole where the fishing line (typically the <a href="/wiki/Fishing_line#Sections" title="Fishing line">leader line</a>) is passed through (threaded) for fastening via <a href="/wiki/Knot" title="Knot">knot</a>-tying. Hook eye design is usually optimized for either strength, weight and/or presentation. Typical eye types include: </p> <ul><li><b>Ringed eye</b> or <b>ball eye</b> — a circular loop often with a closely opposed gap between the loop end and the loop base;</li> <li><b>Brazed eye</b> — like a ringed eye, but the loop end is welded shut fully without any gap;</li> <li><b>Tapered eye</b> — like a ringed eye, but with a pointed loop end;</li> <li><b>Looped eye</b> — the loop end is elongated with the extended portion laid parallel to the hook shank;</li> <li><b>Needle eye</b> — the eye hole is ellipsical, or just a narrow slit.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Most hook eyes are directly knotted to the fishing line and are responsible for relaying the pulling force from the line onto the hook body, but sometimes the line is passed cleanly through the eye and tied directly onto the shank instead of onto the eye loop — this is known as a <a href="/wiki/Snell_knot" title="Snell knot">snell knot</a> or "snelling", and the eye does not take part in transferring any force, merely serving to restrict line wobbling and knot sliding. In <a href="/wiki/Fishing_lure" title="Fishing lure">fishing lures</a>, it is also not uncommon to see the hook being linked to the lure via a <a href="/wiki/Circle_cotter" title="Circle cotter">split ring</a> through the eye, which allows the hook more <a href="/wiki/Range_of_motion" title="Range of motion">range of motion</a>. </p><p>Hook eyes can also be categorized into three types according to the angulation of the loop plane against the shank, where hooks with bent/"turned" eyes being more optimized for snelling: </p> <ul><li><b>Straight</b> — the eye is in-line with the shank;</li> <li><b>Up-turned</b> — the eye is angled <i>away from</i> the hook point;</li> <li><b>Down-turned</b> — the eye is angled <i>towards</i> the hook point.</li></ul> <p>Some hooks, such as the traditional Japanese <i><a href="/wiki/Tenkara_fishing" title="Tenkara fishing">Tenkara</a></i> hooks, lack any opening for the line to be threaded, and are thus <b>eyeless</b>. Eyeless hooks instead have a widened "<a href="/wiki/Spade" title="Spade">spade</a> end" to help snelling the line onto the shank without slipping. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Size">Size</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Size"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Fish_hook" title="Special:EditPage/Fish hook">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are no internationally recognized standards for hooks and thus size is somewhat inconsistent between manufacturers. However, within a manufacturer's range of hooks, hook sizes are consistent. </p><p>Hook sizes generally are referred to by a numbering system that places the size 1 hook in the middle of the size range. Smaller hooks are referenced by larger <a href="/wiki/Integer" title="Integer">whole numbers</a> (e.g. 1, 2, 3...). Larger hooks are referenced for size increases by increasing whole numbers followed by a "/" and a "0" (i.e. sizes <i>over zero</i>), for example, 1/0 (read as "one nought"), 2/0, 3/0.... The numbers represent relative sizes, normally associated with the gap (the distance from the point tip to the shank). The smallest size available is 32 and largest is 20/0. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angling" title="Angling">Angling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flosser" title="Flosser">Flossing</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fish_hook&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFEwalt2005" class="citation web cs1">Ewalt, David M. 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