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Curious why do you say that Tony? My opinion is this is light tackle fishing. Braid is problem from the standpoint that it's got no stretch which is good for feeling the fish and working a lure but lack of stretch means it puts excessive force on the rest of your tackle. Something has to give. Usually it's the swivel, sometimes the hook.
My point though is that you don't need 6x hooks for stripers, they didn't have them 50 years ago and look at the size of the fish back then. It's only because of the newer technology lines like braid that you need to change to 6x hooks and usually because the drag is too tight or there isn't a long enough shock leader. They are about double the cost of a standard 4x hook also.
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