jaximus,

I have used the single hook options they sell with Mepps type spoons and like them fine. I don't know how you can quantify hook-up/loss difference between trebles hooks and single(s) hooks, Seems there are so many variables that it would be as much personal experience/conjecture as anything?

I've also taken a pair of side cutters and "made" treble hooks into side by side single hooks, and didn't see a problem.

At one time Cabelas sold replacement dual weedless hooks for spoons/ plugs. They had a stainless spring that that acted as a weed-guard. The dual hook set-up was similar to my modified treble, but the angle between them was a little smaller. Either way you have the hooks facing upward so the don't snag as much as trebles and release almost as easy as a single hook.

I think keeping the hook sharp means as much as anything, especially when they're being dragged over the rock bottoms in most BW/Q lakes.