
Originally Posted by
Patudo
I remember DeepC doing some tests that showed that the common lightweight circle hooks don't "rust away" anywhere near as quickly as advertised. Maybe someone here can find the link. Besides, if those hooks were made in stainless the cost of a box would probably more than double, and if you're going through the number of hooks they do in Guatemala etc this could get costly. Some of the lighter hooks could probably be bent open on the wire and that could be a good option when using striped marlin class leaders (probably 150 to 200 max) but on lighter leader the mono would likely break from chaffing first.