Abstract: A compound hook with forward facing hook tines and a conventional front end line attachment point is provided with a rear support structure defining a rear line attachment point. The hook is rigged with a first fishing line attached to the front line attachment point and a second fishing line attached to the rear attachment point. The second line has sufficiently greater length to remain slack while the first fishing line is tensioned to pull the hook forward. If an obstacle snags the hook, continued pulling on the first fishing line snap or slacks the first line, activating the second line to operate in non-slack mode. The second line then pulls the hook from the rear, turning the hook into a reversed position such that the hook tines face away from the forward direction of travel. The first and second fishing lines can be first and second leaders attached to a single main fishing line, wherein the first leader is weaker than the main fishing line.