Posted on October 26 2006
After dispensing sage advice on hook removal techniques and barbless hooks, Casey Allen tells one of the funniest anecdotes I’ve ever read about hooking oneself — while suffering the after effects of a bar fight. “The doctor did not say much. He selected a big needle and eventually numbed my chin. He then returned with the biggest forceps I have seen and clamped down on the hook. He pulled until it felt like my chin stretched to my knees.” In California’s Times-Standard.