Been casting jigs with Matzuo sickles for years.About like anything else in life they have their good n bad points(no pun intended). High tensile strength means they break instead of bending when you get "Snagged again" and they have barbs that are awfully small.Eagle claw makes a sickle with a bigger barb and lower tensile strength.Just the same they are sharp suckers that will hook a fish...Just another opinion...