I think the biggest test on hook strength comes in the salt via a drive by from a Coho or 'Nookie, when they smack it real hard to stun your bait.. In all my fishing experiences, I think you are putting the maximum amount of stress on your hardware during those types of strikes. Hits on plugs come in second, then on down the line. I have had some serious takedowns and Vision hooks held up just fine . Same thing goes with alot of other major manufacturers. I have also had them all break on me.


I, probably like many of you, have used Vision and Gammys and Eagle Claw, Mustads, and Owners ...and probably a couple no-namers through the years. You get good hooks and bad ones in any batch. Most of them dont break, some do, **it happens.

For alot of you who have posted on this topic now and in the past, listen to the guys here who either catch or help people catch hundreds or thousands of fish per year. If you have 20 or 30 punches on your card, you dont have near the information pool these guys to from which to draw conclusions and opinions.