My #1 hook is in fact a #1 when I am fishing yarn. It hides well and I don't seem to lose any more or less fish with it. When I am fishing bait or a rag--heavy water, whatever then I step up to a 1/0. The first time I ever fished anything bigger was on the Peninsula last year where we used 2/0. Why does everybody up there use such monster hooks? These are for steelhead-I usually fish 3/0-4/0 for salmon (with eggs) but have used up to a 6/0 when fishing herring.

[This message has been edited by crayfin (edited 02-11-2000).]