Ok I started out with gold #8 jig hooks. Learned how to tie back in the seventys. Would allways open the hooks up to get a better hookup, lost alot of fish. Now days most everthing I tie is on a sickle, I can bring them in the boat and dont lose them. For minnow fishing I use a #2 aberdean I can get lose with 8# line. Most the time I get it back. Yes Iam a old guy. Good fishing. I have order some 1-0 bronze sickle for bigger baits dont know if they will break or bend.