scotty macfly
Well-known member
I've run into a wee quandary about hooks: all the old British patterns
call for patterns w/ hook sizes that are different than the sizes we
use today. This is because the Partridge Co set the standards for hook
sizes & then, after WWII, Mustad took over & dominated the world hook
market (as they still do). Well, Mustad sizes are all over the place,
going by the old Partridge scale - usually one size too big, but not
always.
Of course, you use the natural you're trying to imitate to dictate
hook size, but aside from that it begs me to wonder: 1.) what if
you're tying an old attractor pattern (wet or such) & 2.) what hooks
sizes/brands were predominately used here in America before WWII? I
mean, if all those old wet fly patterns that I like to fish were based
on the Partridge scale, then my 'fancy' wets are all too big. Am I
making any sense? What, if anything, do you know or think about any of
this?
call for patterns w/ hook sizes that are different than the sizes we
use today. This is because the Partridge Co set the standards for hook
sizes & then, after WWII, Mustad took over & dominated the world hook
market (as they still do). Well, Mustad sizes are all over the place,
going by the old Partridge scale - usually one size too big, but not
always.
Of course, you use the natural you're trying to imitate to dictate
hook size, but aside from that it begs me to wonder: 1.) what if
you're tying an old attractor pattern (wet or such) & 2.) what hooks
sizes/brands were predominately used here in America before WWII? I
mean, if all those old wet fly patterns that I like to fish were based
on the Partridge scale, then my 'fancy' wets are all too big. Am I
making any sense? What, if anything, do you know or think about any of
this?