Huh? While I might agree that the hook model numbers are hard to keep track of across vendors, not sure why this would make life any easier. Problem is there really isn't an ideal "standard hook" nor a standard proportion out there from which all other hook sizes could be derived from, and even if there were, why would that necessarily simplify matters (imagine a 1.5XL, 1.75XH hook). Each manufacturer starts with some sort of base line but there are going to be variations in proportions not only across styles, but within styles as well.Originally Posted by jszymczyk
Best way of dealing with the confusion is to stick with a single vendor, focus on as few hooks styles as you can cope with, and ignore everyone else. For the rest of, I don't mind dealing with subtle variations across vendors if they produce a style or type of hook that I both like and catches fish...and yes, the first criteria is more important to me than the second, although I require BOTH criteria to be met.
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