Originally Posted By: parker
Go get 'em Vince!

Much like your line tests, I'll appreciate the work that went in to it and will look at the results, but will fully ignore them....because I'm confident and lazy.

I don't seem to have any problems fishing with Visions - either be it their hooks or swivels. Don't have any problems just fishing UG line, either.

I'll stick with what works for me.


I don't have much experience with the Vision hooks to make a judgement. Any comments on that brand is solely for the purposes of entertainment, and giving you a hard time. I do use their swivels, and find them for their size very reliable.

I have some preconceptions of what the study conclusions will find. They are similiar to what Todd has already stated, that varying conditions will preclude any single hook from meeting every need, or being defined as "best".

 Originally Posted By: Todd
It really depends on when/where/how you fish as to what hook is the best, not on the intrinsic elements of the different hooks...I think.


What I would like to know is exactly how much stronger one hook is versus another of the same gape size/shank length/style. Also how what the actual wire diameters are. How much strength does a thin wire hook lose versus a hook with 1x strength? What the pull strength is of the hooks in question, and will those numbers give some direction as to the appropriate strength line. As given in the example cited by Abu Loomis regarding the use of a #6 hook with 12 pound line. Lots of questions...

And finally, this thread will only get ugly if I let it. I always have the option to ignore bizzare rantings.

VHawk