Guys,

I think Hohwaiian hit the nail on the head. The tandem hook set-up is often in the hands of a novice or intermediate fisherman/gal. The tiny tandem-hook setup is used so that the action in the noodle rods they use, combined with the boat drifting downriver gives a novice a good chance at hooking fish that would just spit the bait if a single, larger hook was used.

Eric, you may not need a double-hook setup, but you can bet your ass that if you had a couple crackers in your boat who didn't know a bite from bottom an you were trying to catch fish "for them", you'd be foolish not to use them.

They're (tandem-hooks) probably overkill for an experienced angler like Eric, but they do increase the chance of a hookup for those who aren't quite as quick on the trigger, and on certain days that could be any of us!

Fish on......