These say "wide gap" on the box. It looks like this is an out of production hook in small sizes. The Mustad website shows a variation of this in size 1 and bigger used as a baithook. Maybe Jimmy D. could fix me up with some garden hackle and we could go bassin'.
--- Byard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff... > > That's referred to as a larva hook...popular in the > 80's...before > scud hooks became "the thing". Try tying some San > Juan Worms on them. > I never liked the fairly narrow hook gap on that > hook...experienced > hook set problems when I used them. > > ...byard > > Byard Miller > Line's End Inc <http://www.linesend.com> > Virtual Flybox <http://www.virtualflybox.com> > > > > On Feb 16, 2006, at 2:49 PM, Jeff Frye wrote: > > > I picked up 3 boxes of Mustad 37160 last night at > our > > club meeting. They were in a box of stuff from a > > members neighbors estate. Everybody that was > > interested in the stuff put money in and took > turns > > picking something off the table. I would up with > these > > hooks. I guess these are what they call a sproat > bend. > > I'm wondering is any of you folks have any > patterns > > that favor this style of hook for either panfish > or > > trout. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
