Hook designs haven't changed much apparently...

[Porthos]

Been in London since 7/2,  got to The British Museum today, and guess what I found in the ancient Egyptian section with the mummies...Graeco-Roman bronze FISH HOOKS!!!



The two in the middle look like they could have come just out of my tackle box back in Carlsbad.

[gstours]

Thats interesting, those mummys were ahead of there time!   If you lost one back then you would really cry?  thanks for sharing.

[Dominick]

Those mummies were trained by the zombies.    Dominick

[oc1]

This guy shows some Greek and Roman hooks too.  His Early American stuff is pretty interesting as well.
http://www.historicanglingenterprises.com/
-steve

[Cor]

"Cedar Plugs"   also taken in a London Museum sometime!

[sdlehr]

Been in London since 7/2,  got to The British Museum today, and guess what I found in the ancient Egyptian section with the mummies...Graecon-Roman bronze FISH HOOKS!!!



The two in the middle look like they could have come just out of my tackle box back in Carlsbad.

Wow, I see at least one barbed hook and one looks offset!

Here's a funny hook story that happened yesterday. I live on a public lake in S Florida. It's right out my back gate in a public park. There were a couple of young boys out fishing yesterday and they landed a Peacock Bass. I asked them what they caught it on, their answer: "a triple-hooker". I suspected and verified that they were describing a treble hook. When I asked him what he put on the hook to entice the fish, his answer was, "nothing, I make the hook look like a worm".() It's a little late for the Peacock bass to still be spawning, and they are known to aggressively bite at anything you will present to them, but I never tried an unbaited hook, and never would have thought to do that.... maybe that's what I've been doing wrong all this time!!!

Sid

[mizmo67]

Neat! Those shapes really are classic.