This is funny but so true!!!! I make custom tackle so I know the value of good hooks and when I had my business the only guys that would complain and argue about price were the guys that had $1000 dollar Evergreen or Megabass rods and exotic JDM reels along with tricked out boats, and to be fair it wasn't all of them but they were the only group I ever had complain. There is another thing with quality hooks which a lot don't understand, and it isn't the price of a hook but the design. If you are fishing a large creature bait with the hook point buried, you are going to want to use a hook like a Gamakatsu, Owner, or Trokar, those are made with cutting points that allow the hook point and barb to go through plastic and into the fish quickly with little effort, but you don't want a cutting point on a spinnerbait or a jig hook. Those baits look for a needle point such as a Mustad, Eagle Claw Laser Sharp, or VMC, the reason is these are bulky baits with weight attached, the fish moves its head back and forth and the cutting points will often end up creating a large hole and then the hook ends up falling out at the first hint of slack line. The exception to this is the Owner deep throat jig hook, they recognized this so they made a hook with a bend designed to keep the cutting point away from the fish's mouth once it penetrates. Crankbait hooks work well with cutting point hooks, the exception to this is the Mustad triple grip hooks, they realized the needle points penetrate well but they also come out the same way they came in so they created a bend that directs the point of the hook away from where it entered. The wire diameter is another place of concern, but hook manufactures make it easy for us, if you are using a worm hook in heavy cover with braid or heavy flouro or mono you will see the name "flipping hook" applied so you know the hook is correct, the same with finesse hooks. I like the post, someone who is relatively new to bass fishing has quickly noticed how important hooks are in landing and you can notice the difference, great job.
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