Bill Kiene wrote:

Why would you use a hook that is produced with
100 year old technology?

Or a fly rod, for that matter. :-)

Fortenberry says that someone he knows, who is easily the best
flyfishman in Montana and New Zealand combined, only uses Mustad hooks
because the cheesy Japanese hooks are so weak that they bend and cause
pullouts. So that settles that. Please pay attention, Bill. :-)