04-22-2009, 07:27 AM
I tie pretty much everything on Tiemco and Gamakatsu. Dai Riki isn't too shabby but Daiichi has always been garbage. I was actually staightening out #16 and #18 hooks on 5X and 6X. I used to like the Montana Fly company hooks as well until I had a bad experience with them on Greys Reef. (dozens of hooks straightening out on different patterns)
Gamakatsu makes an incredible hook but is to difficult and expensive for most general trout patterns. The B10s and the S10S are two of my favorites.
Tiemco is consistenly strong, available everywhere and is pretty reasonably priced (considering they are about the same price as Bendiichi) Plus, after tying on them for so many years you learn the exact model numbers of the hooks you use.
Small dries - 100, 200r
Big dries - 5212, 200r
curved nymph - 2457, 2487, 2488. 2488H, 2499 SPBL, 200r
straight nymph - 3761, 3769, 5262
streamers - 300, 9395
Once you figure out what you like its hard to use anything else. Its also hard to trust hooks that have let you down in the past.
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Gamakatsu makes an incredible hook but is to difficult and expensive for most general trout patterns. The B10s and the S10S are two of my favorites.
Tiemco is consistenly strong, available everywhere and is pretty reasonably priced (considering they are about the same price as Bendiichi) Plus, after tying on them for so many years you learn the exact model numbers of the hooks you use.
Small dries - 100, 200r
Big dries - 5212, 200r
curved nymph - 2457, 2487, 2488. 2488H, 2499 SPBL, 200r
straight nymph - 3761, 3769, 5262
streamers - 300, 9395
Once you figure out what you like its hard to use anything else. Its also hard to trust hooks that have let you down in the past.
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