Mustad 93553 Hooks

I spent all afternoon reworking my fly tying area in the basement, and came across a box of 1,000 Mustad 93553 hooks in size 2, nickle finish with Turned Up Eye. I think they came from one of the fly fishing estates I purchased over the last 5 years. If I still bait fished for walleye these would be great hooks for "lipping" minnows on a drift, but I'm at a loss for what to use them for, mainly because of the nickle finish. I'm guessing these would be good for salt patterns.

All of the hooks I use now have a bronzed or black finish on them, so nickle is new for me when it comes to fly tying. Any ideas on what I might tie on them would be helpful, and I'd also be open to swapping them for something useful (as if I need more fly tying STUFF). All offers will be considered.

Thanks

Joe

Use them for large foam bass poppers.

You would get a little different action with those for Decivers and Clousers.

ARick

Joe,

I've seen it printed somewhere that using a nickled hook made for a 'reflective' camoflage on baitfish patterns (maybe from Dave Whitlock-he uses a nickled hook on his sheep shad patterns). The 'theory' is that the hook 'reflects' what's around it, effectively 'hiding' it.

In any event, I beleive that your hook is a turned up eye 'beak' style hook. Should work well for baitfish patterns like the deceiver, spun deer hair/foam stuff, and just about any pattern that doesn't require a long shank to tie it to.

Good Luck!

Buddy

Rick & Buddy,

Thanks for your input. Since I'm not familiar with "beak" style hooks, here's a picture of the hook. There's not much shank for tying, but there's a good hook gap at 13/32 from the botton of the shank to the hook point. Also, the point is offset almost 1/8" as you can tell by the shadow.

Joe

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...3553Mustad.jpg

Joe

Use it for snelled yarn for steelhead.

fishbum

Joe,

Just to confirm, that is a 'beak' style hook according to Mustad's catalog.

They list it as a '92553', so maybe there is a slight difference in yours.

Pretty close, though.

Nice strong solid hooking iron. Should catch a lot of fish for you.

Good Luck!

Buddy

Hi Joe,

If you decide you don't want to tie with them let me know your price. We might be able to make a deal. Take care & ...

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