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Originally Posted by Bigcatpat

It aint that I got anything against circles.They just don,t work under my conditions.#1-How,s the circle gonna work if the fish is right next to the snag?Circle hook design is dependent on the fish moving off and setting the hook into the corner of his mouth.#2-How,s the circle hook gonna work when the fish picks up the bait and moves back toward me,which i,ve found to be the case roughly 25% of the time?Mostle everywhere I fish,if the fish can get 2-3 feet on me before I really put the pressure on him,he,s gonna be hung up in the steel or wood and the battles over.I,m not saying there,s not areas where they work,just not my areas.For those who are gonna tell me to use a slow sweeping set,forget about it!I gotta put everything I got into those first few seconds to get him turned.If i,m using a J that,s PROPERLY sharpened,it,s gonna catch on it,s own as much as a circle hook anyhow.It also leaves me the option of setting when I want.10 years ago there wasn,t hardly anyone using circles for flats and IMHO,10 years from now it will be back to that.I see a lot of guys gung-ho about the circles for awhile,then they end up goin back to J,s once they figure out all the situations where circles don,t work.Name me one situation where a big J hook won,t work?And yes,i,ve given circles an honest try in the past.And no,I can,t even remember the last time I gut hooked a flat.If I have ever done it,it,s been 1,2 at the most in 40 years of flattin.If it aint broke,don,t try to fix it!:wink: