Mustad 79595

[Jbug 0]

Anyone have info on the mustad 79595 hook?

[Bugsy 0]

79580 = yes

 

79595 = never heard of this

[utyer 0]

sorry double post.

[utyer 0]

Its a very old "vintage" Mustad hook. Its a "reversed point, which means the point is off set from the shank. The hook could possibly be used for wet flies. There is a web side for a place called Harlee Rods, that often has vintage lots of various hooks for sale. But they don't have all sizes in each style and many styles are not fly tying hooks. Look at Viking and Sproat Hooks on their web side for a few usable styles. The pictures are from the Harlee web site, and show the 79585 size 2/0 and a 79585 size 7. This was one hook that came in the odd numbered sizes.

[JSzymczyk 0]

Kirbed and reversed hooks (right and left bends) are not usually used in flies because they can cause a fly to roll or at least swim like a drunken sailor.

 

Certainly flies can be tied on them and they will work, but there are better options.

[tidewaterfly 0]

Great information posted here. I've purchased hooks & other items from Harlee Rod many times. They're good folks to deal with. I agree with Joel about using such hooks, although I've tied bass flies on kirbed & reversed hooks without much issue in the past. They're best used in still water conditions with slow retrieves.

 

A Key West guide once told me of a situation he was in where he was fishing with another guide who was kirbing all his hooks (stainless) on Bonefish flies. He said it improved the hook-up ratio, but since the flies were not fished very fast, it did not affect the fly.