Thinking Anglers Out-Turned Eye Hooks

Founded by Ben Hamilton and Steve Fantauzzi in 2005, Thinking Anglers is a fishing tackle manufacture with the view to design a range of tackle for the angler who did not want to be burdened with a whole host of kit. The motto ‘just the right kit’ has been banded around its office for the last decade, inspiring the designing and manufacturing of kit that is essential to the modern angler’s collection. Producing predominately for the carp fishing industry, the company also has a range designed with predator angling in mind.

The Out-turned Eye hooks, commonly known as a ‘stiff rig’ or ‘Chod’ hook due to the out-turned eye which is also normally larger in size to the eye of a standard hook. This presentation results in excellent hook holds on captured fish.

These hooks are intended for use with stiff monofilaments and fluorocarbon materials for creating pop-up sections, as well as offering a multitude of uses for bottom bait and D-rig arrangements. The go-to hook design of the Out-turned eye for most rigs which incorporate a buoyant bait, such as Zig rigs and Chod rigs. However, they can be equally as effective with a bottom bait tied with a hair rig. The out-turned eye then allows these stiff materials to exit the hook in a flowing direction to elongate the hook shank into a large curve, most commonly used in the Chod Rig and Hinged Stiff Rig.

This design features an aggressive talon tipped beaked point as well as super-slippery PTFE coating to help give the hooks a silky-smooth finish for quicker hook penetration. With the durable, sharp points and forged from a super-strong, extra-heavy gauge wire, these out-turned eye hooks have been tried and tested by us for 2 years under extremely rigorous and weedy conditions prior to their public release.

The Out-Turned Eye micro-barbed hooks are available in packs of 10 in sizes 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Get some secure catches on these out-ward eye hooks from Thinking Anglers.