Each fish hook is intended for a specific purpose and manufacturers just give each hook a name and model. The shape of the hook ranges from straight to different kinds of curves, offset, bends and kinks. The shape of the hook will help greatly in snagging a fish. Fish hooks are also designed either as single, double and treble hooks.

A single hook is composed of a single-eye, point and shank. A double hook is created from a single piece of wire and may have shanks that are brazed together for more durability. On the other hand, treble hands are created by adding single eyeless hook to double hook and brazed the three shanks together.

There are also different bait hook shapes and names such as:

• Salmon Egg
• Beak
• O'Shaughnessy
• baitholder
• shark
• Aberdeen
• Carlisle
• Carp
• Circle
• Tuna Circle
• Offset Worm
• circle hook which is also referred to as lonk shank, suicide hook,  j hook, short shank,  big game jobu hooks and octopus hooks.

On the other hand, fly hook shapes and names include the following:

• Sproat
• Sneck
• Limerick
• Kendal
• Viking
• Captain Hamilton
• Barleet
• Swimming Nymph
• Bend Back
• Model Perfect
• Keel
• Kink-shank