Don't worry about great hooks, just bring a file. After about a doz fish you wear the "fly" off hte hook and need a new one. Last trip up, at the conflunce, rode the farry across, we absolutely spanked them, 17 casts, 17 fish, was the best run I had, must have landed over 50/60 fish in about 3 hours. I use a heavy rod with 50/80 tuff. I was fishing next to a guy from England that hd ben here for 3 hours and only hooked three fish, after about 30 or so I began passing the rod off to him. then I rigged him up with my gear and he started to catch a few. He wa up on the bank when 2 chineese guys cramed in and started fishing and I told them that the guy on the bank was fishing there and they said the hes was busy and they were here now. so the next 12 fish I hooked I short lined and just let then splash right in fornt of these two yahoos, and on two occasions when the fish started to run between their leggs I punched the free spool button. By the time the guy from England wanted to startr fishing again my new chineese friends were absolutely soaked tot he skin fromthe splashing fish right in front of them, and I'm talking inches here. It was such great fun to hook these hot fish and then short line them on the surface right in frong of these ass&&oles............ so .......... take heavy gear if you are fishing the mouth of the Russian and don't worry about great hooks, after 10 or 20 fish you have woren the "fly" out and need to change anyway........... have fun and take a "great attitude" with you........ go withtwo objectives........... 1 to catch fish and 2 to have fun.........