Hi All

Good Advice. I usually sharpen my hooks on a regulare basis.
I was fishing one of the OP rivers last fall when a local kid who lived accross the street came down and started talking to me. He had fished there before but had never caught anything. I encouraged him to go get his pole and I'd help him. He came back and started fishing. Well about the time he hooked a fish, I got hung-up on the bottom, got unstuck and helped him with a Jack (it was funny, he was scared to pick it up). About that time fresh fish finally were moving through and I hooked a nice fish for maybe 30 seconds and it was off. When I checked my hook, the tip was actually bent from the rock I had been hung on. It was the only nice fish I hooked over 2 days. I was happy I helped the kid but not so happy that I had done a fool thing.

It drove the point home and was a good reminder.