The wide bend hooks from eagle claw are the best. I have them in size 8-10 and tie foam beatles with hackle legs and they work great. I crimp the barb and the fish are 98% hooked in the upper or lower jaw. The very few that are on the tounge are easy to take out. I have had a zero mortality rate with the wide bend. I'm going with 12-14 next

Enjoy and try it

The geezer
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Excuse my spelling and Gramma, I hooked mondays and Fridays so I could either hunt or fish.

[This message has been edited by old geezer (edited 10 June 2006).]