Stinger hook sizes vary drastically by brand?

[Tailing looper 0]

On a recent materials order I wanted to pick up stinger hooks for some small deer hair flies. I ordered size 1 and 4 Mustad C52S BLN, but they didn't have any smaller in that style, so I ordered some Size 10 Umpqua (TMC 8089). The Mustads are labeled "stinger, deer hair" and the Umpquas are labeled "bass bug, straight eye, fine wire, wide gape."

 

The Size 10 Umpqua are larger (longer, plus wider gape) than the Size 4 Mustads. :-(

 

I love the Mustads, but would like to find a similar hook in an honest Size 10 (or even 8). The Mustads only go down to 4. Does such a thing exist?

 

Thanks,

Bob

[Bugsy 0]

Gamakatsu now offers its B10S stinger down to #14. Not an "oversized" hook like the 8089.

[Christopher K 0]

Both the b10s and the bln's are great hooks IMO!

[whatfly 0]

Hooks vary quite a bit across vendors. This is a fact of life. The Gamakatsu B10S is a very popular stinger hook these days, and good to know it goes down to #14. Definitely going to have to find some of the smaller ones.