man you have nothing but questions, LOL. as far as spoon size most people like the smaller 2 3/8 to 2 1/2. as for brand I usually stick with stinger scorpions or galeforcetackle.com. both catch fish but the paint stays on the gale force spoons much better than the scorpion spoons. i like pinks and purples but other colors catch fish. gale force has some awesome colors. jawbreaker, Dr death, reverse muffin, salamander just to name a few hot spoons. scorpion colors is Kevorkian, puss and boots, Helmut, shrimp, eye of newt, blueberry muffin, and the list goes on. i always get more than 1 spoon as the paint comes off pretty quick. but if your catching fish its worth a few spoons.