Defects W/ 6X VMC
 

Anyone else seeing lots of defects in the welded single prong on they’re 6X VMC’s? I have had a few 3/0’s where the welded prong is drastically below the double prongs.

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Very observant Tommy. Ill check back when i check inventory.
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T, I only fish VMC 4/0 4X. I may have some 6X and I'll check. Thought of you while Huddy, DZ and I were on the Island.

Do you think that is really drastically low?? Not saying it shouldn’t be equal but I don’t really think it matters all that much do you? An observation but not really a defect.
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Tommy I inevitably find 2-5 bad hooks in every box of 1000. In the trebles lately I'm finding less bad hooks, and oddly I've been finding a few wrong sizes. Like laughable small, as in a couple size 8 trebles mixed in the box of 3/0. I actually think I've been seeing less "bad" hooks in the past year or two, compared to just a few years ago. I definitely haven't seen enough to justify a return or anything.

Keep track of quantity of bad hooks you're seeing, and if you reach out to them they'll want the batch/date codes on the packaging and probably where you're buying them from.

The formation of the hook isn’t even correct, look at the length between the barb and the start of the bend. I think it matters, it completely changed the hook geometry.

Hey Elliot!
I looked through about 10 hooks and 2 of those 10 were bad, haven’t looked through the rest yet, but going off those numbers I may have 20-40 (and I’m betting it’s probably more around the 20 range) bad hooks in the 200 3/0’s that I bought.
I have also found just a few random sizes of hooks, but usually close sizes, not drastically different. Found some double hooks as well.
Tommy

Is it a case where a 4/0 segment got mixed in with a 3/0 and welded on ?
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Good thinking, but I do not believe so. The total length is wrong, if you look at the top of the welded prong near the eye you will see it is slightly lowered. I believe it is just a positioning error in the bending machine, and on top of that was welded incorrectly much lower.

I'd be more worried about the 6x VMC breaking on a good fish than whether or not the arms line up. That's one of many reasons why I gave up on VMC trebles in favor of the 5x Mustads several years ago.

Have also completely switched to Mustad 5x years ago.
Never looked back, and haven't used VMC since trying the mustads