“In fact, Forbes has called the fishing hook one of the top 20 most important inventions in the history of the world—it’s fed the ­people on this planet a thousand times over. A design patent is just ...

The octopus hook design is a great all-around hook for live bait fishing, drifting beads or bait, and even swinging flies. A lot of anglers like to fish various dough baits or egg sacks for trout ...

So, let’s start with an anatomy lesson. Fishing hooks are pretty simple in design, so much so that you might think there isn’t much to explain. But these days there are hundreds of hooks to ...

but offers a promising controls-based solution to the shortcomings of our gait design. No doubt we will all now want to build cockroaches that will out perform the T-RHex. Embedding fish hooks ...

Contrary to common belief, spread via marketing statements and celebrity angler endorsements, the unconventional shape of circle hooks doesn’t prevent them from hooking a fish in the guts — at ...