Mark,

The Sickle jighook you offer has never been problematic. Which coincidentally, would never have been afforded to anyone if it were not for my initiation and funding towards mass quantities of that particular model.

You can talk about origin of manufacture to whomever you like from either organization, there's still only one truth...a once great product with loads of promise is headed the same track as native summer steelhead...almost history.

(Maybe the new Sickles could be labeled "Hatchery Specific"?)

Good luck.