No kiddin' man!
There was a time, what but a few years ago, that hooks were totally sold for cheep and worked great for various sizes from 8-2 wet.

I guess that times are changing, and I'm gonna' have to deal with it.

I'm only looking forward to the time when things change for the good again, and I can get cool hooks for cheep once more. Too bad I didn't stock up on the cool ones.

Looks like we the fly tiers are gonna' have to come up with some really great creations in this "era"