Does anyone have any kind of schematic to describe how True Turn Hooks function and why at one time they were the cats meow?

How about on a Dropshot?

All that we used when they came out - they worked, always sharpened them before a tournament. I think the new hook technology has kind passed them by.

A blast from the past, that's what I used many moons ago. They need sharpening because they come quite dull from the box ( not worth the effeort, considering you can get better hooks that are razor sharp out of the box for about the same money ) , one thing I noticed is that the ratio of hooked through the eye socket bass increased dramatically when I used them, I'm shure the rotating action of the hook when you set it has to do with the problem. I still had some, maybe 50 or 60 in various sizes a few years ago before I eventually trashed them, anyway, they were decomissioned several years before.

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The video on their website should be helpful. 

They do work but as others said, they get dull fast. If they made these with a black nickel finish with a chemically sharpened point I'd buy them again.

Eagle Claw still uses them on their Crappie Rigs, it's all I use for Crappie fishing...

I use them still i bnought about 50 packs of brutes in diff sizes for 50 cents each a few yrs ago.and i use the perma steel ones for saltwater with great success

I have to say I dont know what it is, but my hook up ratio goes up a LOT when I use TruTurn hooks. So now they are all I use.

Tru Turns absolutely work, and well, you will need to use a appropriate file, sharpen them up, and they will work.... I think better hooks are defiantly available.... I have not used them since 93.... Except on panfish .... I saw them a couple weeks ago at BPS.... Like 2$ plus.... For 6 or 7 5/0 hooks... Not my choice now.... But yea they do work.... Still issued to military survival kits....

Owner down shot hook #5133 is ideal skin hooked drop shot or split shot rigs.

Tru-Turn hooks had poor quality wire and dulled easily.

Tom