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Rob Rockcrawler · 09-14-2015, 09:52 AM

Anyone try the new mustad treble hooks yet? I bought a pack of 2/0 5x the other day, they look to be the size of 3/0 VMC's. I think they were the same price as VMC's, maybe a dollar less for 25. I switched the hooks on a redfin and managed to bend the hell out of the hook on a rock with just one good pull to free it out of the weed. I wasn't fishing a very tight drag since i was into mostly smaller fish. IMO their 5x isn't as strong as the VMC 3x. Maybe it was a bad hook i can't say for sure.

09-14-2015, 09:52 AM	#1
Rob Rockcrawler Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sturbridge MA Posts: 3,127	New Mustad trebles. Anyone try the new mustad treble hooks yet? I bought a pack of 2/0 5x the other day, they look to be the size of 3/0 VMC's. I think they were the same price as VMC's, maybe a dollar less for 25. I switched the hooks on a redfin and managed to bend the hell out of the hook on a rock with just one good pull to free it out of the weed. I wasn't fishing a very tight drag since i was into mostly smaller fish. IMO their 5x isn't as strong as the VMC 3x. Maybe it was a bad hook i can't say for sure.
	Everything is better on the rocks.