Sharpening hooks

[SirCranksalot]

Do you sharpen hooks and, if so, what do you use. I have never sharpened them---I just buy new single hooks and replace the trebles on lures. I don't use many jigs. I bought a rinky-dinky stone with grooves from our local store that is a bit finicky to use. Why not use a regular oil or water stone----the kind used for knives etc.

TIA

[PikeKing23]

A metal finger nail file works good on small hooks

[slipperybob]

Eze Lap hook sharpener.

Some to a lot of the lures I buy, comes with not the sharpest of hooks.  Often, I have to touch them up.  There are some hooks that have dull barbs and I carefully touch them up as well.

Sometimes I pick up lures on the ground or fish them from a snag and then I touch up them hooks and use those lures.  Yeah, I am a cheapo, but sometimes I find a lure and wonder if it was a hot lure.

[maddogg]

Eze Lap hook sharpener gets my vote also. If you find a good deal I'd buy two.

[missoulafish]

EzLap x3 but all so the fine metal file on Leathermans work FANTASTIC as well.

[skifisher]

Here’s what I use…from Rapala!

[SirCranksalot]

In the meantime, having tried my reg sharpening stone as well as emery paper, I have tried these. They came in a bundle from Amazon for about 50 cents each and seem to work fairly well. Mine were 120/240 and I just used the 240 side,  But I will look at the suggestions you have offered as those nail files wear out fairly quickly. So thx for your comments..