Need sturdier dry fly hook

[Eric-WD]

I dont think I have ever bent a hook. Your tippit should break before a hook straightens. Perhaps you have a badly heat treated run of hooks.

[Darwin]

I dont think I have ever bent a hook. Your tippit should break before a hook straightens. Perhaps you have a badly heat treated run of hooks.

I have had hooks open up using 6x tippit. They where #22 & #24 "generic" clones of the TMC 2488. After 3 in one day I tossed all I had with me in the trash and the rest of the unused ones when I got home. I have never had an issue with name brand hooks. (TMC, Daiichi, Mustad, Kamasan), Dai-Riki is good but I find an occasional bad point)

[stevehaun]

I was fishing on the missouri and they were big fish. I was using 4X tippet and size 16 mustad hooks. I will attempt to be more gentle but it is tough when I am used to big smallies and 12# tippet.

[billhouk]

I was fishing on the missouri and they were big fish. I was using 4X tippet and size 16 mustad hooks. I will attempt to be more gentle but it is tough when I am used to big smallies and 12# tippet.

Kind of blows our manufacturer argument out of the water. Wish I could hook a fish that big... The trout in the Missouri must be part Missouri Mule!