Dang it's nice to have someone like Jeff available to answer these types of questions!
I gotta say I have always liked the Mustad hooks, but that could be my Norwiegian heritage skuing things a bit.
The lates thing I have done is to take a tip from Jim Hatch and started using Aberdeen hooks for many flies in sizes 8 and larger. Not for everything, but that once I use up my other hopks, who knows.
Don