I wonder if there has been information around for years that I am unaware of. With imitations of baitfish I've always been bothered with short strikes from trout yet I note many popular streamers and bucktail type flies being tied on only modestly long hooks. An extreme example would be a Clouser on a Mustad 3366. By comparison I see classical New England trolling flies tied on hooks 8XL and longer. As a referance I have noted that when I use spinning lures I will much less frequently hook a trout on the front hook of a multi-hook lure. My conclusion is that trout hit streamers from the back while bass will hit a lure more broadside. Maybe this is because their mouth is bigger. Am I wrong or is this something I should have known about long ago?