Abstract: A hook assembly for suspending a bag or other member from an overhead support, such as a tree limb in a safe manner and with the use of only one hand, includes a hook and a hood adapted to slide up and down the shank of the hook. The hood serves as an umbrella to prevent rain, dust and other foreign matter from falling into the bag. An elongate downwardly open socket is integrally formed with, and extends along the slope of, the outer surface of the hood. The socket is sized to receive the upper end of a pole used to lift the hook assembly up to an overhead limb or remove the hook assembly from the limb. The hook assembly also includes a lock mechanism for maintaining the hook engaged with the limb. The lock mechanism is automatically actuated by the movement of the hood as it slides up and down along the hook shank.