I was looking at the sale items on Cabela's web site and came across this:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Home...s-Sickle-Hook-SalmonSteelhead-Jig/1672764.uts
It's obviously a Matzuo hook with the sickle bend and that teeny barb. They're the only ones that make jig hooks in the sickle style AFAIK. It looks like a standard wire to me, but the description says "Ultrastrong 3/0 black-nickel hook won't bend when you hook a large fish." I thought Matzuo had discontinued all the extra strong sickle hooks? 3/0 is within the range of standard wire sickle sizes, so is Cabela's fudging on the "ultrastrong" part?
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Home...s-Sickle-Hook-SalmonSteelhead-Jig/1672764.uts
It's obviously a Matzuo hook with the sickle bend and that teeny barb. They're the only ones that make jig hooks in the sickle style AFAIK. It looks like a standard wire to me, but the description says "Ultrastrong 3/0 black-nickel hook won't bend when you hook a large fish." I thought Matzuo had discontinued all the extra strong sickle hooks? 3/0 is within the range of standard wire sickle sizes, so is Cabela's fudging on the "ultrastrong" part?