Mustad is Planning to Shaft us, Discontinuing the Standard Hooks

[Gandolf]

Hi All,

Mustad is planning to discontinue their standard fly tying hook lines, example: 9672, 9671, 94840, 3906b, etc.

They have brought out a new line to supposedly solve some problem of specification of these old standard models, a problem with specifications in hook size changes from model to model. Mustad's new line is the "signature" line, and to insure that we know what the replacement model is they incorporate the old model number with the new one, ie: old 94840, new R50-94840.

This is not a rumor, I phoned Cabelas and Hook and Hackle yesterday, when I found out that the old standard models are not in this years Hook and Hackle catalog.

To read more about this, and what I think we should do, see my post in the fly tying section of these boards.

I edited the title of this post and the note to reflect the current understanding of what has happened. (1/13/09. Gandolf)

Regards,

Gandolf