Sunday 7 February 2010
probably, fish hook or similar device has been around us for numerous thousand of years
stone age fish hook made from bone
various fish hooks in the early age were from palestine about 7000 bc. man had crafted them from all sorts of materials to include wood, animal & human bone, horn, shells, stones, bronze, iron up to current day materials
in many cases, hooks were created from multiple materials to leverage the strength & positive characteristics of each material. norwegians as late as the 1950s still used juniper wood to craft burbot hooks
fish hooks attached to artificial lures
up-turned, down-turned & straight hook eyes
quality steel hooks began to make their appearance in europe in the 1600s & hook making became a task for professionals
credits: wikipedia.org/ flickr/numerous info
