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Hi Guys: I just returned from Ireland where all the salmon fly fishing I saw was done with flies tied on small, double and treble hooks. I also recently attended a fly fishing conclave in Bozeman, Montana where I met a Mustad rep who said there had been a study conducted on fish mortality in the UK concerning single and double hooks, the result being that the double hooks, by virtue of penetrating tissue more shallowly, were less lethal than single hooks. Other studies also have shown that large, heavy wire hooks with a substantial gap are fish killers and in some areas regulations limit the gap or require circle hooks. I can vouch for the fact that flies tied on double hooks hold very well and really are no more difficult to extract from a fish's mouth than single hooks. If all this is true, and so the evidence suggests, why don't we tie any steelhead flies on double hooks, besides that they may be illegal in some areas? The double hooks use fine gauge wire, hold well, swim the fly upright, and do less damage to the fish. Plus, elegant flies can be tied on them. What do you think? Thanks, Keith