Now if I can only find open- eye Siwash hooks that I can trust will hold once closed!...

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Boy is that the truth!! I had a box of 100 6/0 Mustad Siwash open-eye hooks that broke so many times I ended up throwing them away.
I bought a 100 VMC Siwash open-eye hooks from Mikecc and haven't had a probelm in 2 years.