As an RN who has spent a fair amount of time in ER, I've seen several instances of hook removal, about 3 or 4 involving eye penetration. The one I really remember is a 10 year old boy who came in with a 3/8 ounce FatRap hanging out of the back of his scalp. From the angle of entry, the lure had to have been headed downward in orientation to his head. I simply couldn't make sense of this angle of entry, given that he was the one casting and holding the rod. So I asked, and he said, "I hung the lure in a tree across the creek, and was jerking it loose. It came off, hit the surface of the water and glanced off. I was ducking and turning away when it hit me in back of the head." He was much calmer than his parents....*G*