I have often woundered the same. I use the Gami's and love them but I saw a fishing movie and they would bend the beak out strate and claimed it made a major difference. I have had a few strange occurances that I tend to think prove that might not be the case. I was trout fishing last summer and was just staring to use gami's and snagged a 8 0r 10 inch brookie in one of it's side fins. I was surprised that something so soft could be hooked that e-z with a hook. I ended up snaging 2 other fish that day and the strangest thing was I was plunking out of a float tube just acasionaly jiging my bait. This fall I was doing some steelhead fishing, buy then I was totally sold on the gami's, I managed to snag a small bull head about 2 inches long in fast water. I think if they will reach out and and grab something as soft as a small fin or a small bullhead then they should do just fine in the mouth of a large fish but I do see the intresting point of the curv vs. the strt tip. I would be intrested to hear if there is that big of difference.


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