I dunno yet GutZ. I'll keep using them and see what happens. I'm not that dis-pleased with them yet. I haven't lost a fish on one yet because of a bend...was just saying that I've had a few get bent on me.

I've used some Owners, but for the life of me, I have no idea how they performed.

Oh well, I'll just try not to hook so many toads. That should fix the problem!

Parker

guys,
I asked if you had ever broke or straightened a hook on a fish...........

Only a jig hook, a 2/0, on a chum. Abuse mostly, as I'd tired of yarding on his 15lb. @$$ because I knew he was darker than I wanted to keep. Tightened the drag, started to walk to the beach and *pop*.

Actually if anyone has info. on what kind of hooks jig manufacturers use (not anyone's jigs that are on here frequently, but jigs named after a guy named J***), I'd be interested in knowing, since the topic came up.

Cleo couple of times...I won't even mention brands...but it does happen when the fish is large and the hook size is small or light wire.

gooose

yer right, sorry cleo

Yep, had a siwash break today as a fish cleared the water and sent the plug back in our lap.

For the record: the G brand.

Conclusion,I bring this question up because of an expieriance this last week.I have used gami siawash exclusivly for years.I have never broke one.I was forced to buy some lighter eagle claw siawash this past week as I could not find any gamis.I actually straightend three of these hooks on snags.I had to pull reel hard with fusion 20lb to do it but I got my spoon back.I always lost my spoons in the past with the harder gammis.I got to thinking about this and wondered how many fish have been lost due to a hook straighting.With what you guys have told me I think that a softer hook is actually not such a bad thing.If it is fished in a size that matches the size of the fish.Kinda like the week link in an anchor chain.Actually I think hook breakage is caused more by too hard of a hook,bad tempering.I also think that it will happen more with smaller hooks and big fish not because the hook is weak but because the forces on the hook tend to be more towards the point instead of down at the bend.Thanks for the info guys!

Wow, an intelligent discussion on hooks! Those who added constructive info should take a bow. Nice job all.

Take a bow? How am I going to protect myself with a bow? First ya gotta pull an arrow out of the quiver, then notch it up, draw back, and then fire. By then the cougar's pretty much gnawed your leg clear off.

Better to pack heat.

Bobber fishing tidewater of the Wilson for Fall Chinook. Hooked a monster that tried to get into the brush. Pulled the boat with two thirty pound anchors out about twenty feet then straightened the hook (9' LCI 30/30 Special rod, 5/0 hook with 40lb Maxima UC).

Hook brand didn't matter. Something had to give and I was not going to let the fish get into that brush pile if I could stop it. I couldn't.