I knew there was some reason it might not be such a brilliant plan. Sometimes I can't see the trees for the forrest and vise-versa. I guess a short length of 1/4" rope with a slide-lok would be better.
Tight lines,
Wade

PS Just one more suggestion, while I prefer to put premium hooks on everything I can afford to, sometimes I use a fingernail file to sharpen regular hooks. At 4/$1 for the good metal/ruby dust ones, it's a lot cheaper than the $3-6 hook hones they sell at tackle stores, so it doesn't hurt to have 3-4 and loose 1. They also usually have 2 grits, one on each side, fine and coarse, use the coarse to remove enough steel to get a point and the fine to sharpen to a tacky point.