On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:47:55 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:09:46 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Got me to thinking about how come such utterly ridiculous crap
never happened to me. The only real answer I can up with is: dumb
luck.

I've had a lot of hook accidents including picking a monster with more
treble hooks on it that you could imagine out of the back of my head
with a mirror. (That client never went with me again, I'll tell you
what.)

Sounds like you might have made good use of the little hook safety
lecture on that trip. Being a pro with clients you know nothing
about, it might pay off.

I've got to believe that the double thumb hook up is a tall tale - as
in urban legend or something.

No, it was a sheepish admission by somebody on the CS forum while
discussing something else - grounding I think.
Truth/stranger than/fiction. And maybe it was a Lazy Ike.
I can study one carefully before gingerly picking it up, and it still
manages to prick me half the time.

I second Doug's scalpel trick, but mostly when I seriously hook
myself, as I do at least two/three times a year, I just cut one end or
the other off and pull it through. That's where a handy little can of
numbing spray can help a lot. :)

Numbing spray. I'll add a small can to the kit.
Cutting the hook out with a scalpel is sort of a no-brainer after a
little practice. Hell, if I wanted to be a surgeon I'd just go to
medical school. I'll see if I can find the Minnesota back out with
fishing line trick. Think it was in Fishing Facts years ago.
You've provided the only useful info yet and seem to be a generous
soul. Mind if I trouble you a bit more?
What time is it?

--Vic