Fishing Hooks

A fishing hook is a hook used to catch fish. It may be barbed or barbless. It is usually attached to a Fishing Line . In general the hook is concealed within the bait or trailed closely behind or within the lure.

Ancient fishing hooks were most often fashioned from bone or wood. Steel hooks, which generally have an advantage in the ability to pierce a fish's mouth, later became prevalent.

Modern fishing hooks are usually barbed and are finished in bronze or nickel plating or are galvanised, and thus are bronze, silver or matte grey in colour. Hooks, of course, exist in a range of graded, numbered sizes for different fish. Several different hook shape classes also exist allowing for the differing dimensions of a fish's mouth, and for the preferences of an angler. New hook technologies now allow hooks to be finished in a variety of colours including red, black, green, gold and pink, with red and black finishes in particular becoming very popular.