Which way do you go?

Fungunnin posted this pic on another thread recently.  I found it odd, because I've always strung the line the other way through the eye, from point side and out the other way.

I have my reasons, but before I state them ... which way do you go, and why?

-Allen

I go through the way you do PP. I don't know that there is any better reason other than that's the way I've always done it. I would be curious to know if there are any pros and cons to either way

I also go through the way you do pp.  It was the way I was taught and it shouldn't put as much stress on the line at the eye.

I've rigged them both ways many times over the years.  I like the hook pointed out like Bill's pic, generally results in a solid roof of the mouth hook up.  Most fish hit and then swim down and away thus forcing the hook up and into the solid bony roof of their mouth. 

Follow up question ... do you do it any differently with a circle hook?

-Allen

Yes, all commercial guys rig circle hooks the other way. The idea is you want the hook to pull into the corner of the mouth as the fish swims away.

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Yes, all commercial guys rig circle hooks the other way. The idea is you want the hook to pull into the corner of the mouth as the fish swims away.

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What do the commercial guys do with regular hooks?  And why?

-Allen

Long liners only use circles.

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Long liners only use circles.

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Well, in the US  ...

-Allen

OK ... so try this.  Place your hand in an open position palm side up.  Lay the leader over it tied to a circle hook tied on the end, snelled with the leader going through the eye from the pointy side..  Now pull on the line down from the other end to bring the hook up to run over your palm.  With the leader going through the non-point side, the hook will come over with the hook outward and not catch the edge of your palm. Now tie the hook the other way going through the point side.  With the leader going this way the hook will wrap the edge of your palm and catch.  The same thing can happen with a circle hook going over the corner of the mouth of a fish, the hook is in the wrong position to actually hook the fish.

That's why I tie to hooks from the pointy side, both circle and regular hooks ... when I'm actually tying through the hook eye.  Note when tying directly to the hook eye, you can end up with the leader in a similar position ... think about when the knot is tight and the hook gets inadvertently forced into an "outside" position.  That's why I always snell a circle hook on, to force an "inside out" position.  The same theory applies when tying on a regular hook, especially when tying the upper hook of a dual hook rig, or in the case of this example, "looping" a hook onto a dropper hook.  Although with a regular hook, you still stand the chance of it hooking the mouth when it is "inside out". Maybe I'm over-thinking the "problem", but that's my thought process!

-Allen