Whiskery Willard Wallies 4-9-18

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[#0000FF]Good question. I too wondered about that. But my experience has proven that when a fish chomps down on the bait/flig combo it tends to rotate the hook sideways. This results in the hook penetrating the side of the mouth...much like a circle hook. Out of the hundreds of pictures I have of fish caught on fligs almost all are hooks in the corner of the mouth. However, I have had a few fish hooked solidly in the lower jaw as well.

One of the ideas I have been toying with is adding a stinger hook...with the hook pointing up. Easy enough to do in several ways. But I haven't felt the need to try it yet since I have a very high percentage of hookups to strikes. If I were missing more fish I would be more concerned.
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