circle hooks

[jemche]

do many peope use circle hooks for saltwater flies? what species would be best to use them for?

[OneMoreCast]

Fish with teeth...
Fish that strike and run... blues and spanish would be the two around here. You can't set the hook on a circle. Just hold the line on the take adn it'll go right in the corner. When big blues are around a large polar minnow with a 3/0 (min) gami octopus circle (offset removed)

[CapeMayRay]

I agree. I have use circle hooks. I have tied a few, but have mostly used flies that were given to me. I have had pretty good luck. But guess you shouldn't strip strike too hard. I can't help myself as when I feel the strike I strip set the hook and have caught. Can't say I really like them. For my bait fishing striper charter we use them all the time and the work super hooking the fish in the side of the jaw.

[jemche]

so would it be good to use for croaker(hard-head)?

[Dave Sikorski]

Definitely!!!

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