spoon-hook

spoon-hook (plural spoon-hooks)

1. Alternative form of spoon hook
   • 1991, John Charles Van Dyke, The open spaces: incidents of nights and days under the blue sky, page 185:

     This was done with a rod and a small spoon-hook, and the favorable spots were whipped from the end of the canoe, just as one would cast for trout in a lake.

   • 2010, Nick Lyons, The Best Fishing Stories Ever Told, page 143:

     On the end is a monster spoon-hook, gaily ornamented with gaudy feathers.

   • 2017, William Stoddard, Two Arrows: A Story of Red and White:

     There had been a good deal of discussion of the fishing question between the two young friends, for Two Arrows knew nothing of the powers of a "spoon-hook."