Abstract: The fishing hook has a shank, a pointed hook portion formed at the lower end of the shank, and an eyelet formed at the upper end of the shank. The eyelet is formed by a generally D-shaped open loop that defines a cleft at the apex of the eyelet. The method of attaching a snell (a short leader line) to a fishing hook includes the steps of: forming a loop in a snell; passing the loop through the eyelet; rotating the fishing hook at least one full rotation to twist the loop; passing the loop over the open end of the eyelet; and pulling the snell to form a knot at the apex of the eyelet.

Abstract: A single data stream filter dwells on a network data stream. A version identifier reflecting the status of quasi-static data carried on a different data stream is encapsulated in a network message. The network message is propagated by the network data stream according to a network protocol. The version identifier is extracted from the network message and compared against a previously stored version identifier. Based on the comparison, the data stream filter is tuned to receive the quasi-static data when an updated version of the data is needed.