I'll eat my hat if one of you can tell me a story about an Eagle Claw beaked hook breaking. Three years ago I had a huge Peninsula fall-run king completely break in half a 4/0 octopus Gammy. Eversince, 4/0 and 5/0 Eagle Claw Gold Points tied to 40 lb clear Maxima leader has been the ticket. Gotta sharpen them though...

For everything else Gamkatsu! I'll admit that Owner makes an extremely fine hook and I love their Flyliner and Gorilla models for Albacore and 'tails. But during an average fishing venture on a Pacific Northwest river I go through way too many leaders to justify the cost of using Owners.