Great video, and finally someone with a mechanical mind to work out exactly how a circle hook will work in the fishes mouth. Couldn't agree with you more.

CIRCLE HOOK NO GOOD, THE FISH GET AWAY, I MISS MANY STRIPER BASS, THEY DO FOR LOSS A FISH, THE TRU🐟

This is an incredible video. I don't even talk about knots anymore because I got so tired of the trigger crap 😂

I agree on the youtube experts. Also the culture of accepting assumptions as fact without question and repeating them goes well beyond youtube. Also the so called trigger effect does not work as they describe, which you show well. However, I am hesitant to fully dismiss the fact that a snell with the line exiting from back to front is not better. There may be something else we have not considered. There are actually scientific trials for hook and line fishing at sea on commercial rigs that statistically prove higher catches with this snell knot (I think with straight eye hooks). I am going to throw my own speculation in here.. the snell introduces an bend in the line (much more so than if the snell exited the other side of the hook) and this creates some storage of elastic energy when the fish pulls the hook away. This small amount of stored elastic energy when the line is straightenned (and wants to return to bent) creates a messier, more chaotic hook exit from the mouth, increasing the chance it pricks the lip of the mouth on exit, giving the characteristic perfect hookup you get from the circle hook. Either way, I am not confident using a uni knot knowing what I know from published scientific trials

Excellent breakdown of how the knot affects the hook! You just taught this old dog a new trick!!

I appreciate your viewpoint on this subject, but I think there is more at play here. Circle hooks are meant to catch the fish in the corner of the mouth. I have no evidence to support this, but I think snelling the hook helps ensure that the orientation of the hook gap is open toward the corner of the mouth as it is pulled.

Fish are getting smarter, when they see a circle hook, they now know they must swim in reverse. 🙄

Good one, I must say that it is hard to see any circle hook having a high hook up ratio. I understand their function of reducing gut hooks. It just seems as if the design would be prone to miss hooking into anything. Even so they can catch fish with less damage. If I'm going to soak bait, I prefer to use them. Just can't stand to see a gut hooked fish -- especially saltwater non-keepers.

Excellent video

Good demonstration!

You are like me, don't believe in anything until you test it by yourself . great analysis .you should be a trader with this mindset .

From Australia finely some has shown how they work good on you mate 👍👍

Thanks much sir!! This is deep stuff

Great video thanks ♥️🎣

Thank for the video!

Excellent! Thank you!

Interesting insight.

You always teaching me something new thank you my friend you fill with so much information to share

yes, the offset eye are very useful for certain knots. you cannot use any knots on any type of hooks. sometimes the metal edge of the bent eye can even snip the line. i discovered the difference myself after using different knots and doing experiments.

Bent eye is known as a 'octopus' added to the hook type.