Huh? They are the same hook..except the #2 is smaller than the #1.

Like them or not, the latest round of Vision hooks are a made out of a smaller diameter wire. Smaller diameter wire hooks tend to bend out more on snags and the bottom. In exchange, you're getting a sharper, more consistant point, for better penetration in to the fish.

I personally don't like fishing small hooks. The smallest I ever go in the summer is a #1 Vision.

I will say that I had a few #1's bend out on me on snags, but never fish. Since the hooks are cheap (even at retail prices), I just tie up a bunch and will cut off and replace any hook that gets moshed up on a snag or the bottom. I never bother trying to re-sharpen my hooks, and if they even remotely get dull, they are tossed and a new leader is yanked off of the leader roll.

I'm not telling anyone to go out and use Visions, but I wouldn't personally be using them if they were crap.

I have never, ever, never, (I swear to you) lost a fish due to a bad Vision hook. Never had one bend out on me on a fish, and have never had one break on me. Than again, I don't use small hooks (see below), especially double rigs with painfully small hooks. Seems silly to me when a single #1 works just fine.

Ask Stlhdr1 how many hundreds of fish I've put to the "Vision Test" in the last year, if you don't believe me.

I like Owners, but since they are not free for me, I don't use them...unless Stlhdr1 gives one to me to use!