i always see baseball hats with fishing hooks on the bills. im wearing one right now actually. does the fish hook on the bill have some sort of significance?? i've always kinda wondered that. i've heard it does, i've heard it doesnt. so does it?? thanx

 

Never had one on my hat
I have, however, had a few beer bottle lids crimped over the edge of it.
I think it's to represent what beer you like ?!?

 

I thought it was you spent too much money a Academy

 

It was popular when I was in highschool among those of us who were into fishing (although I never wore one). Just a way to show your love of fishing I guess.

 

Don't try flying with the hook still on your hat. I've known people that were made to throw them away by airport security at the metal detector.

 

thanx for all the info. theres 2 people in our school that have them in our hats...me, and one of my friends. i can see y they'd make u toss it at an airport...kinda pointless tho. ooo im gunna hijack a plane with a fish hook...oooo, ahhh..... kinda sad actually

 

Yea, but thats what folks though about box cutters a few years ago.

 

one of the fishing associations i fish in give gold plated ones to anyone who finishes in the top 10 of a tournament, i have two, i got my second one 2 weekends ago

 

I had a hook in my hat, however the hat didn't come that way. A LONG time ago, a friend and I decided while we were out fishing to see if we could get too drunk to fish. I casted and snagged my own hat off my head. Then it got worse. All I'm saying here is YOU CAN actually get too drunk too fish.....

 

It's a very cryptic secretive message isn't it?

Means you like or care about fishing, eh.

Carry over from flyfishing and its gear. Flyfishermen (and/or women) will stick their spare flys in their hats/vests/etc to keep them dry or dry them out.

It's another way for somebody somewhere to make an extra buck. All variety of pins, stickers, badges, etc. are sold in hopes someone will identify with them and have to have one to adorn their hat with.

Stick a feather in his cap.

 

yeah i knew that fly fisherman put there flys in hats, vests, etc. as for the people hoping to make an extra buck...didnt work too well for me, i just took an old hook i had laying around and bent it myself and made it fit ok. seems to hold.

 

Is there a secret meaning in fishing fly circles? Like if the hook points up you're gay, and down you're straight? A red fly means you're married, and white you're single?
MR

 

You have far too much time to contemplate.