I will pop in my hook opinion, I like tiemco hooks. I have had no problems with them and have high confidence in them. I do use and tie on mustads and they work just fine, but I prefer tiemco. If I spend 300 something dollars on a fly rod, 60dollars on line, and other stuff to target the fish why waste a chance at a good fish with a cheapo hook? The tiemcos are worth it to me. I have never heard of a hobby being cheap.