The Aftco FGH5SS Flying Gaff Hooks slim, tapered tip slices through water faster & with greater accuracy to minimize the problems of gaffing powerful fish. Like our Taper-Tip Aluminum Gaffs, the shafts of our Flying Gaffs are "swaged" for uniform strength from end to end, thereby eliminating unnecessary weight. The hook seats in a tough plastic insert fitted into the gaff tip, & is held in place by a length of 20-lb. test line tied to a steel post affixed to the shaft. When a fish is gaffed, this line snaps, providing a clean & immediate release. A machined aluminum gimbal at the butt of the shaft secures the attachment rope; & along with the plastic insert in the tip, prevents water seepage into the shaft. If dropped overboard, the gaff will float.