Yup, I concur it's also better to 'bend' standard hook point sections slightly inwards after tying if you want 'circle' hooks. I agree the standard Eagle Claw type circles I find a bit too extreme in shape for e.g. yellows. It's also a real bgger trying to spin on dubbing and trying to miss the wicked infacing barb of a standard circle. I'd also only do this on slightly larger hooks in the yellowfish range as well otherwise hook-ups seem to get reduced for obvious reasons.
A bit of trivial info - In Oz when fishing from shore for big fish using standard tackle, the guys'd gang from three upto half a dozen Mustad sea hooks, by opening the eye gape a bit then inserting the point of another hook then closing the gape over the second hook; this process repeated until you end up with a lethal 'necklace'. The sardine or whatever was then attached to this rig. The guys used to bend the barb section inwards a la circle if they were fishing over rocky grounds. This seemed to work very well and they had already worked out you needed to reel in rather than strike as in 'normal' hooks.
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