I bought a 21 speed bicycle on sale for $55 to get to my fishing spots and have walked more than 5 miles from the closest bus stop to go fishing. So don't bitch to me about not feeling I need to waste 5X as much on a hook just for QC. Note I didn't say a better hook, I said better QC. I will use EC, Mustad, VMC and whatever other brand I need to buy to get what I want in the hook. I fish half as much as I would like to because I can't afford the gas to go. I don't have a vehicle to drive there anyway so I pettle my little arse or bum a ride. So bitch at someone else that gives a damn, I buy what I can AFFORD, not because I am cheap. IMO, Gami is an over priced hook that dulls in the first rock and straightens out unless you use 2 sizes larger than you would with other hooks for the same # test line. Not to mention I land a much higher ratio of fish than those I fish with that use Gami. If it wasn't for a friend that I was giving hooks to giving me a $20 I would be begging for hooks and collecting them off the river bank like I have done many times in the past.

I don't like Gami, never have. Bought them once, used them and didn't catch a thing after missing a dozen or so fish. Switched to my cheap Mustad hooks and got my fish. Don't need to spend $10 on 20 hooks to catch fish. Just like you don't need to spend $200+ on a rod or reel. I don't and won't spend more than $125 combined on my rod and reel so forget spending 5x as much on hooks that I don't need to catch fish.

QC is the issue, not a "good" hook. I will be ordering a bunch of Matzuo Octopus sickle hooks. Yes, I can bitch about their QC too but if their octopus hooks are anywhere near as good as their siwash hooks I may never buy another brand. Now that is a hook I can land a large fish on and use the size hook I need. Never have I seen a hook buried deeper in the roof of a fishes mouth, not Gami, Owner nor any other brand. I will buy EC, Mustad, VMC and Matzuo and throw away half the hooks because of their QC and still pay half as much per hook compared to Gami or Owner; and still hook and land a majority of the fish I set the hook on.

If you want to argue the merits of paying more, go to another thread. I will land and do land just as many fish as anyone else using my "cheap" hooks and I am not afraid to lose 20 of them in a day so I will fish where the fish are. But ask me on the river what hooks I use and I will make sure the other guy wastes a few extra dollars on Gami's and owners, unless I like the person of course.

EC, Mustad, VMC, Renegade and Danielson are GOOD hooks, their QC is all that lacks, at times, not their ability to hook and land fish. If you can't set the hook in a fishes mouth and land them using these hooks spend $50 on a pole with some back bone.