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Old 01-13-2012, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Foss View Post
x2. It is not a spring loaded fishing hook. Nothing about the system is spring loaded if you want to be technical. Its been discussed on here several times but always good for a repost. Spring loaded fishing hooks are kind of a freaky thing and to be honest dont understand where or why anyone would use one:
Survival situations and when you are fishing in unrestricted size areas. I have one of these (obviously I don't use it here) but they are fairly common in Finland where there is an abundance of fish, no size regs and you are keeping the catch for food.
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