spoon hook

American  

noun

Angling.

1. a fishhook equipped with a spoon lure.

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Etymology

Origin of spoon hook

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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spoon hook

Among the itemized expenses were: motorboat hire, $60; mineral water, $31; Minnesota fishing licenses, $22; one spoon hook, $1.25; three sinkers, 15¢; can of minnows, 75¢.

From Time Magazine Archive

He may only be taken in commercial quantities by a spinner or a wobbling spoon hook of silver or brass or copper drawn through the water at slow speed.

From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney

It proved to be a new spoon hook, bright and shiny, with gleaming red and silver, and a bunch of bright feathers covering the hooks at the end.

From The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill by Smith, Ruel Perley

Sometimes, the fisherman uses a spoon hook or other bait in which the hooks are hidden beneath some bright-colored feathers or other material which looks tempting to the fish.

From Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph)

For this the hook and line are often used; some also use the spoon hook.

From The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 by MacCauley, Clay