This will be my fourth year using the sickle hooks in the salt. Got tired of losing Kings on the barbless hooks with that flasher swinging around to leverage the hook out. I use the big 6/0 octopus hooks in a hootchie and have been purchasing them from Cabelas mail order. Rarely do I lose fish on those sickle hooks in the salt or on Joes spoons and spinners. I wash my gear off with Joy and freshwater after each trip and have not had a problem with rust. Great hooks.

Terrapin