The shape of this hooks and the direction of the point were designed so that soft plastics can be parallel mounted. When the lure is fixed it hardly comes off, yet on a strike the point offers perfect and direct penetration. Amazing power to hook and hold big fish.
Gamakatsu® started producing fish hooks in 1955. At that time, they were the smallest hook manufacturer in Japan and all of their hooks were made by hand. In 1963 they introduced a new automated heating facility which catapulted them to the forefront of the Japanese market. In 1974, they introduced fully automated hook making machines and found it necessary to build a second factory in order to meet the demand they had created. - See more at: http://www.gamakatsu.com/about.html#sthash.c32MnteN.dpuf