Darn Zuma, that's over thirty year ago you made a hook and aint used it yet.
You're missing out on the funnest part.
I sat on them for about a year before I got one wet. I was hesitant thinking it might break.
Then one day I rigged one up on a modern baitcasting setup with monofilament line and hooked a small plastic worm through the middle wacky style.
I was catching goggle eye perch, bream perch, and bass left and right when I let the hook hit the side of the boat and it broke.
I've used them several times since then and have caught a lot of fish on them.
They don't penetrate bone, but the point will hang in a boney spot well enough to land the fish, and they don't have a barb, so you have to keep constant pressure and get them caught faster than they can get off.
I've got some bigger hooks with barbs that I plan to put on a trotline. Plan is to catch a catfish at least forty pounds.
I also have made some semi circle hooks that I haven't used yet but I don't think a fish will be able to throw them as easily as a straight shank hook.
