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[pwn50m3 f15h3r]

 Hi, I'm thinking of using circle hooks for trout, salmon & steelhead. Any tips I might want to know? thanks!

[Fillibert]

I can't seem to find circle hooks smaller than no 4 which might b too big for trout. Also I heard that sickle hooks are a hi rid between Circe and J hooks so u can use them both ways

[samw]

I tried them last year.  Here's how they worked out for me.  When I used them to fish for pink salmon at the end of buzz bombs, they worked really well.  I landed 100% (small sample size, excludes fish lost from snapped lines).  When I used them to catch chum salmon with just the hook and bait under a float, it didn't work as well and I landed maybe 10-15% of them. In both cases, I used them as directed which means I didn't set the hook since circle hooks are supposed to be self setting.  However, more experimenting is needed since the large bait that I used could have interfered with the hook from self setting.

[skaha]

-- come circle hooks are sywash but in some ways that defeats the purpose of not deep hooking.
-- I use sickle for kokanee... they are popular on many USA made kokanee lures... I think  higher  % landed over J hook

[bobrunning]

Cabelas sells Mustad #6,8 and 10 circle hooks plus octopus circles in smaller sizes by Gamakatsu. I have had more success with the latter style when slip bobbering with worms for trout and have pretty good luck using sickles also.