As for the people that slag Gami hooks.."they aren't worth the money, they're a rip off..etc..."
Take it from me, as someone that has spent tens of thousands of hours fishing professionally and for sport in the OCEAN which makes any salmon in the river look like a carcass, I can tell you that you have a HARD time getting any other hook as sharp as a Gami, and Gami's stay sharp a long long time, result in more hook ups, and they are STRONG hooks. I have cut plugged with 3/0 to 6/0 hooks, and use Gami's exclusively with my bait rigs when I take the time to tie up my rigs for my personal use. I have NEVER seen a straightened SILVER GAMI on a fish that was being played in a SPORTING manner. Angling is NOT a tug of war.
I feel compelled to defend Gami products because they perform as they should with a responsible and SPORTING angler.
By the way, if you spend $100's on waders, rods, reels etc..or in the case of me, $1000's on rods, downriggers, you shoudn't be complaining about paying premium price for a premium product if you know how to recognize value and understand that you get what you pay for.
Enough said.