I've used Eagle Claws, Mustads, VMC, Owners and Gami's and Matzuo's. Depending on how big a hook you want to use you may have to modify your mold. Some folks don't want to do this. I've sent emails to Do-It about this and quite frankly it doesn't do any good. As many of the guys here on the boards will tell you with the Sickle Hooks, some of the first batchs the length of the wire from the eye to the bend

where it goes in the mold was way to long and some were short. If Do-it would make the eye slot in the mold long and oval shaped it would make using bigger hooks easier.

I've found the bigger the hook you use the harder it gets. The other thing with the do-its that I've posted on is that they are now putting 4 on one side and 4 on the other, anyone with a mold close it and look at the top with the pour holes, now the new ones have those and if you turn the mold over it has them on the other side now. I'll get a picture up later showing this. By doing this they really screw with being able to use larger hooks in the mold without modifying.

Fatman