I can't help you out with the Hack Attack hooks, but I can give you a little input on the VMC hooks. I haven't fished with them yet, but I ordered some VMC Ike Approved hooks from Tackle Warehouse last month and they don't really impress me much. I love the VMC wide gap worm hooks but these flipping hooks flex quite a bit and they don't seem very sharp when I run them across my finger nail. Also, the hook keeper seems bulky and weird. I recently found some Trokar flipping hooks on sale at the local Walmart and bought them too. They are sharper, more rigid, and the hook keeper looks cleaner. I'll still fish with both of them this spring and hopefully they both work fine.