Editing Fish hook (section)

== Sections ==
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[[Image:Anatomyofafishhook.jpg|thumb|Anatomy of a fish hook]]
[[File:How to tie a hook.jpg|thumb|The [[Palomar knot]], a commonly used [[knot]] to attach a [[monofilament line]] to the hook]]
The hook can be divided into different portions from the back ends to the front:
* The '''eye''' is the circular ring/loop at the back end to which fishing lines can be attached via [[knot]]s, and (typically) receives the pulling force from the line.
* The '''shank''' is the (usually) straight shaft section of the hook, which relays pulling force from the line to the hook bend.
* The '''bend''' is the section where the hook curves back from the shank.
* The '''barb''' is a small reverse-pointing (relative to the main hook point) spike that grabs the surrounding fish [[tissue (biology)|tissue]] and stops the hook from sliding back out of its anchorage.  Hooks that lack barbs are thus ''barbless''.
* The '''point''' is the distalmost portion where the hook tapers into a sharp end, which pierces and embeds into the fish's tissue.
The perpendicular distance between the hook point and the frontmost inner arc of the bend is known as the '''bite''' of the hook, which indicates the maximum depth the hook can be embedded or ''[[hookset|set]]''.  The width of the opening between the point and the shank is called the '''gap''' or '''mouth''' of the hook, which dictates the thickness of the tissue that the hook can catch.