Originally Posted by dudley
I like circle style hooks for fishing in the surf.
The surf does a number on your hook point. Your fly gets dragged through the sand more than you would care to think about.
Regular shaped hooks need to be sharpened religiously throughout the day.
Pretty much anytime your fly's not in the water, you're sharpening the hook.
Stainless hooks won't even hold an edge at all after a while
But by using circle hooks, you can keep the hook point out of the sand :D
Being too cheap to buy special hooks just for this purpose, I bend my own from 3407s (sorry Fish :wink: )
Works for me