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Hook anatomy

Jan 1. 2001
Bend Let's look at a hook, and try to put the right terms on the right parts. This picture shows a hook (note that it actually is a rare vertical eye hook, great for this purpose).
Article

Hooks for streamers

May 20. 1999
The hook is the foundation on which a good streamer is built. When streamer anglers meet, quite often it's the subject of heated debate! I've listed a variety of the streamer hooks available on the market today (and some no longer available) in the table in the article.
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Hook selection

Feb 1. 1999
Hook comparison charts are at best fickle or at worst too confusing and inaccurate to use. It is critical to remember that this chart does in no way list equivalent hooks but attempts to list hooks based on similar applications.
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Visiting Partridge of Redditch

Sep 15. 1997
Hookmaker It is now more than a year ago since Mustad took over Partridge of Redditch. And I thought it might be of interest to you to have an update on the status...
Join Hans Weilenmann on his visit in this article
Article

Hooks break

Jun 6. 1996
Hooked Hooks do break occasionally. It's a typical error when night fishing: you trust that everything is OK at the business end and just cast away
More here
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Micropatterns

Apr 5. 1995
Book review With this book you get your moneys worth in weight. The book is a large format book with more than 300 pages. The size alone can make this book a bit scary, and innocent flytyers who leaf through it, will probably be intimidated by the huge volume of information.

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