SUZUKI SANDMAN I must say you do understand what is going on in the hook world. Hey Dan S. I certainly wasn't trying to violate your intelegence but if you've ever seen a wild tidewater summer steelhead you'd understand why barbs and maximum penetration is the key. When those fish come flying out of the water doing cartwheels a large barb makes a great difference. There are two types of owners the needle point and cutting point. The cutting point was designed to break the law of physics. Once you set the hook on a fish the dynamics of the hook keep penetrating into the fishes mouth.
When I oringinally started fishing when I was 11. My dad had me using the mustads that if you ever lightly hung up on a rock you would have to file your hook. Then when I was about 17 or so I switched to gamakatsus and had stickers on my truck and everything they were a great hook. I probably went through 1500 of them ranging from size #4 to 4/0. Then a buddy of mine introduced me to OWNER CUTTING POINTS when I was 20 or so and WILL NEVER GO BACK. All of you who want to stick to Gamakatsus I guess ME and SUZUKI SANDMAN will come in behind and land those lost fish!!! Just kidding!!

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