What makes a great fishing hook?

What makes a great fishing hook?
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answer:Is this from that new question site? Come on, we don’t need to answer all their questions. It’s called tackle because it resembles a tackle of two blocks that are threaded by a line. The best thing for a fishing hook is a barbed hook made of stiff metal, so it doesn’t bend when the fish tries to run.
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Last Answer : How can the man stab Stanley in the stomach if he's creeping up from BEHIND?

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Description : a grandfather, a father, and a son go fishing. each get one fish but there is only one fish how is this??? -Riddles

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Description : There were two mothers and two daughters,and they all went fishing. All of them caught a fish but when they counted there were only three fish. -Riddles

Last Answer : there was only three because there was a grand mother a mother and a daughter. The mother was the daughter to the grand mother and she was the mother to the mother and the daughter was the daughter to the mother.