1) Normal for salmon and steelhead, use the light wire for WA's bass, crappie and shad.

2) black in tandem with sandshrimp, herring or 'chovies and red with eggs.

3) beaked, I like black Gamakatsu 2/0's w/sandshrimp and 3/0 red Eagle Claws w/eggs standard for winter-run steelhead. For summer-runs, black and red #1 Gamakatsu, again w/ss and eggs respectively. Herring and 'chovies in fresh and salt, black Gamakatsu in 6/0 down to 2/0, depends on bait size. For bouncing eggs 4/0 or 5/0 red Eagle Claw.

4) No, I consider myself the enviro/anal personality type. I no longer buy stuff w/ excessive packaging. I only buy 25, 50 and 100 hook packs nowadays. The 100 pack Gamy has a cool reusable box.

5) #1