Chip
Have you tried the Owner hyperwire split rings? How about the Owner 2/0 stingers? Are you guys getting bent out on bass or on stripers? What kind of line (mono or braid?) For stripers maybe you need to go to 4x hooks. The gammie 4x are not that big of a hook but I can't see ever bending out those hooks on 25lb. I bent out on VMC 3/0's three times last year, twice on stripers and once on bass. It happens... and it sucks.