Favorite Brand of Hooks

[Inconnu 0]

1) Mustad 80%

 

2) Tiemco 10%

 

3) Argus 5%

 

4) Others (sorry my mind is blank) 5%

 

Mostly it is availability at my local shop, but Mustad prices are still an influence.

[mrcaddis 0]

Mainly Mustads, I use other brands but I prefer Mustads.

[Hot Tuna 0]

I have a stash of thousands of Mustad hooks....yet when it's time for a swap I use Tiemco. I have Tiemco, Daiichi, Partridge(Vince Marinaro midge hooks rock!) and Orvis big eye hooks for smaller dry flies.

I think there might be a little bit of snobbery involved in the fancier hooks hence why I feel the need to tie on Tiemco for others. If the fly was for me I'd be just as happy to use a 94833 or a 94840 for a dry fly.

That being said, the more expensive hooks are beautifully made and you'll proably never get a bad one in the batch.....

Hot Tuna

[JSzymczyk 0]

usually Mustad. "regular" series mustads might not be the prettiest hooks, but I can afford to buy them, unlike many which have become "boutique" brands- what was that said in another thread recently about marketing of tackle: "keep raising the price until they sell!" Even some mustads I used to use (3906B, for one) have become fairly expensive!

 

by the way, I have an unopened pack of 25 TMC 8089s, size 2, if anyone wants to trade something equal value (like 200 #2 3366s...) Those suckers are HUGE! I'm not going great white shark fishing any time soon, and I don't know why they call them 2s.

[Ron Eagle Elk 0]

Mostly Mustads, some TMC, and Daiichi for trout flies and Alec Jackson Speys for steelhead flies. Been using Mustads for 40 years or so, never had a complaint, plus they fit into the fixed income budget.

 

REE

[maddog48 0]

I mostly tie on Tiemco but have some Daiichi, Dai Riki, Mustad, Montana Fly Company and a brand called Lightning Strike made by Wapsi. I have used VMC in the past but it was so far in the past I don't remember much about them.

 

 

Mike.