Pro Tips Weekly: Brett Hite

Get to the point

All the major hook companies are making good hooks these days that are supersharp because of the sharpening processes they use.

The ones with the triangular-shaped points have really gotten popular in the last couple of years. They have cutting edges so they penetrate well on the hookset. Still, I prefer a needle-point hook for most fishing. For one thing, you can always resharpen it quickly after it’s become dulled. A triangular hook isn’t so easy to sharpen and probably most guys just toss it when they feel that it’s gotten too dull. Also, I’ve found that a lot of casting causes a triangular-sharpened hook to cut its way out of a soft plastic so that the bait eventually works loose and doesn’t stay in place. To me, a triangular-point hook is better for pitching and flipping at short range; a needle-point is better for casting and skipping.

— Ranger pro Brett Hite of Phoenix