kevin,
I completely disagree. I've lost several fish due to dull hook points. I've also been fishing with several outstanding guides that ensure hooks are sharp before they even touch the water. Bass, crappie, bluegill, cuthroats etc. do engluf a hook and in the case of those fish, a duller hook works 90% of the time. However, steelhead and salmon, once in a river, very rarely will "swallow" the presentation. The bite is due solely to instinct or curiousity. It takes a sharp hook and a strong hookset to do the trick. I have caught hundreds of steelhead in the past 10 years and I've yet to land one that was hooked in the gut. QUALITY COUNTS. BELIEVE ME!