Raw gravel hook

[1442]

 made another hook from a raw gravel flake with sinew string

[1442]

Here's the flake and the preform

[bowmo]

That little guy is rad. So, that's the same flake that made the hook? The stone color and your glove color like flip flop in the pictures haha.

[Electricfrontporch]

Very nice work. Have you ever tested them to see how much weight they can withstand?  Noah

[Aaron H]

Very cool, now let's see it with a fish wrapped around it!
Great work 1442

[1442]

Bowmo, it's all the same cept the gloves, I couldn't hold it with the leather gloves as it got smaller.
Took me about forty five minutes on this one.

Electric...  I have tested them,  they are stronger than they look like they would be.
I bet I could place a piece of leather strap to pull directly on the point, hooked to a scale and pull ten pounds pressure on a string tied to the shank. That's plenty strong to catch some pretty good size fish with.

Biggest I've caught so far is about two and a half pounds, but I've hooked and fought a couple four pounders that tried to pull me in before they come unhooked. I paused 1/10,000 of a second on the second four pounder right before I swung him in and he used a portion of that time to get off and splash water in my face.

We have had some major spring flooding going on but when the water settles I hope to be having fish in the pictures along with a fishing report
I hate posting hook  pictures with no fish 

Aaron, I'll git er done!

[Outbackbob48]

1442, great lookin hook , I need to try one of those, wonder how many hook flakes have I thrown away Bob

[JEB]

Very nice. The ultimate would be to catch a fish with your hook.

[1442]

Thanks!
I've caught a few fish on the stone hooks.
Here's a pic I found on photo bucket of a goggleye caught on one.
Most fish pics I had where lost in a computer crash.