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hue-nut

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circle hooks?
« on: January 15, 2009, 04:15:49 PM »
 I was looking at some Owner circle hooks on ebay and was wondering if anyone has experience with these?
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Re: circle hooks?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2009, 05:49:15 PM »
The Owner circle hooks are great well heck they are owner . Depending on what you want to use them for ? They have a few other styles of them too ,im not to sure what they are but very neat hooks.By far No 1 hook on the market  :)
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Re: circle hooks?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009, 05:50:03 PM »
I forgot to say my only experience witht he circle hook was fishing Halibut never did I use it for another fishery
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Re: circle hooks?
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2009, 06:12:22 PM »
I have used Owner circle hooks for Halibut.. Don't know which model you looking at, but the off shore series that i used are Semi circle with cutting point.. They are the sharpest and strongest hook that i have ever used...   
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Re: circle hooks?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2009, 07:40:20 PM »
thanks for the replies, I was looking at the #2's for steelhead/salmon. I have only used Gami's which I thought were the premium, but it would be cool to try these hooks out and see how they work.
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Re: circle hooks?
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2009, 11:14:26 PM »
In my opinion, i don't think circle hook is too suitable for salmon fishing unless you planning to bar fish...
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2009, 11:17:20 PM »
Even bar fishing is not that ideal.  I've tried float fishing with it but you got to have really quick reflex to set the hook before fish spit it out.  The hook is shaped that the best angle to have a successful hookset is up and down like jigging.
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Re: circle hooks?
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2009, 09:34:25 AM »
yeah, i did a little reading up on the Owner website and they recommend them for "lip sets" which is supposed to be great for catch and release fisheries. I guess the theory being that the small point on the hook catches on the lip of the fish, however they do not recommend them for salmon/steelhead. I still want to try out the Owner octopus style hooks though.
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Re: circle hooks?
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2009, 06:56:50 AM »
Quote from: ssab nik on January 16, 2009, 08:48:07 AM
i tied a bunch of flies on some mustad circle hooks and ended up w/way less fished foul hooked than w/reg. hooks during salmon season.now that the beasts have gone its back to reg style hooks. my .02$ has been added! ;D
       ssabnik

 Agreed ssabnik, Tried a bunch of different circles for salmon in the last couple years and Mustad Demon Circle Hooks (Extra fine wire with an upturned eye) are by far the best for preventing foul hooking fish when they are there in great numbers. Lets you get through the boots to the biting fish.  ;D  Had a small handful of foul hookups this year.
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Re: circle hooks?
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2009, 01:19:07 PM »
keep the cirlce hooks for halibut, and jsut use regular needle point for steelhead/salmon .if you are ever heading down south to fish check out the off shore series  :)
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