Too Many Commercial Plug Builders Now?

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I agree wit flap I am generally not a fan of split rings.I dropped a few fish a few yrs ago that i normally don't right around the time i started wit em so i removed em an I found my longline releases went down.i got a small pair of bolt cutters go thru hooks like butter.I just bend em to the side wit a good pair of vise grips the less marking them up the less rust.The VMC's rust up pretty quick when u mar the finish.After multiple fish nights u gotta change em up also they kinda get bendy an rust .I don't use pliers but guys that do have to change em out pretty fast.I still have a pretty good cache' of older mustads.I treat em like gold.the basic problem overall is wit the mustads the hook they make now is a sham.bends easy cut hooks break .They break under minimal load.How do they leave the factory.They gotta make some changes.U know they could come up wit a better configuration of metal.Its all about money.i would gladly pay an most anglers have shown the same. goin to all the japanese hooks that are in the market today. its time they get up to snuff.