I have used some of these hooks (nymph, scud, curved) in the past. To me, the scud hooks run large and thick, more like an egg hook than a scud hook. Plus, the eye on this particular hook seems large to me. The nymph and curved hooks work well for what I'm using them for. I've been wanting to get some smaller hooks but they have not yet arrived. THe finish on the hooks is really nice, and the hooks appear to be sharp enough. For the money (different price when I got them) they were very good hooks.